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[[margin]] VIII-15-35 [[/margin]] Started out for the northern part of the republic. 
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Route was from Port-au-Prince through St. Marc, Dessalines, [[insertion]] and [[/insertion]] Gonaine [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] to Ennery, from where I expected to reach three mountain ranges. 
About 15 miles south of St. Marc I stopped to collect in dung along the road. It had attracted my attention because it was alive with small black Scarabs who were rolling away small masses of the dung in every direction. I found a few Staphs and [[underline]] Cercyons  [[/underline]] and several dozen of the white-tailed [[underline]] Canthons [[/underline]]. As I drove on I frequently saw little balls of dung rolling rapidly along the ground and had glimpses of the little black fellows under them, usually in pairs. I soon stopped again to get a larger series, with good success. This was at
[[underline]] Station 25. [[/underline]]
Fifteen miles south of St. Marc on main road to 
[[left margin in pencil]] [[underline]] 5 Staphs [[/left margin in pencil]] [[/underline]] Port-au-Prince, A narrow strip of land between the mountains and the sea. Dung only.
[[underline]] Station 26. [[/underline]] 
Five miles south of St. Marc. Near a small undrained lake but country somewhat less arid that at Sta. 25.
Collected again in dung in road. Found
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