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who is here working on his Masters' Thesis.  His name is Fairchilds and his thesis on agricultural geography. On the way we stopped at the home of Dr. Barker of the Service Technique at Damien.  We stayed there for half an hour and I had an opportunity to learn something of the conditions in the country.  Barker is a botanist.  I was a little surprised to learn that the country has been overrun with naturalists from the states.  Many have come from the Smithsonian.  Others from Am Mus NH, 
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Mus Comp Zool., etc, etc. Darlington seems to have been the last entomologist.
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This morning rode out to Damien to the Agriculture School. The road is rough and dusty and not very pleasant.  It was just market day and crowds of people on burro's were on the road.  Luckily very few cars came along to stir up the dust.  The Service occupies a large three-story concrete building. Dr Barker introduced me to Andre' Audant, the entomologist, who is a native. We looked over the beetle collections and discussed the country from point of view of collecting. Several trips were outlined, and I was glad to see that camping-out is quite feasible.  However, no water is to be trusted, even in the towns, the roads are poor at best 
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and frequently impassable to vehicles, and the distances are too great for one-day round-trips. In the afternoon cleaned up bottles and jars, and tried to forget the heat.
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Went down at 8:30 to the office of the Guard, with a letter from the American Consul to Col. [Calinte?])
He gave me (amid many "a-hunk s"!) a letter to the commanders of all Guard branches throughout the island, requesting that they give any help they can. Then I had my picture taken and went to the American Legation.[[strikethrough]]Last n.[[strikethrough]] Yesterday just after I got home from the Consulate I had a phone call from the Legation which intimated I had gone to the wrong office. So I went in today and talked for an hour with two nice young men. They had some advice to give but no further formalities to suggest. Then I went to the Department of the Interior and applied for the Permit de Sejour. It won't be delivered until Ruth gets her pictures and also gets a Permit. In the afternoon I put on some old clothes and worked on the motorcycle.  The bottom of the front chain guard had been dented considerably and the rear chain needed adjusting. Otherwise a gasoline bath was all that was necessary.
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