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May 25.  Sunday.  Mrs. Dignum, Faith, Dick and I went to Roselle for lunch and a swim. Swimming is very strenuous there as the beach is shelving, somewhat rocky and with a very strong undertow. Back to Piccadilly Road for early bed.

May 26.  Dick joined me for a trip around the east end of the island. Took the road to Annotto Bay, pausing at

[[image-black and white photograph-man sitting under palms at edge of water]]
[[caption]] North shore, just east of Port Antonio. [[caption]]

Castleton Gardens but without leaving car. Collected near Hope Bay in coconut walk, taking ants, millipeds and miscellaneous insects. Stopped just beyond Port Antonio for lunch. Sweeping roadside plants produced little. Stopped at Blue Hole to collect under weed on beach. Many crustacea but no insects. Light rain. Avoided Friendship Valley road because we could see that it was raining very hard in the John Crow mountains. Continued along the shore to Hector's River and Port Morant and then in to Kingston. In the evening visited Jim Walker and Hazel (Wooler) to see the collection of butterflies. Well arranged and mounted but most of the specimens lack locality labels. Walker is especially interested in Lycaenidae and has an excellent collection of this group. He needs help with identifications.


May 27.  Went to Institute to make final arrangements for talk this evening. Am permitted to wear white instead of tuxedo. Went to bank for money and to the United Fruit to find out about my baggage. Nathan's and Henderson's for purchases. Lunch. Hope at 2 but no pass yet for Palisadoes. Picked out termites and fruit