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[[preprinted]] 94 [[/preprinted]] 
[[top margin]] Haiti 30. [[/top margin]]

several kinds of [[insertion]] (2) [[/insertion]] Staphs and some [[underline]] Cercyons, [[/underlined]] but no Scarabs,- at least no [[underlined]] Canthons. [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] J [[/margin]] Here I ate my lunch and somewhere between here and Gonaive I lost my keys. Without access to my water, food, blanket, gasoline, [[strikethrough]] or [[/strikethrough]] papers, or collecting equipment, and knowing I could get no assistance in any of these native villages, the only thing to do was to come home. I kept looking for the keys but didn't see them. It was 3:30 when I turned back so it had taken 6 1/2 hours to go, but I came back in the rain and halfway after dark in five hours. If all my trips are interrupted by rain this way I won't have much to show for a month in Haiti. There isn't a hotel in the country outside of Port-au-Prince, and nowhere where one can trust the water. It's allright to be independent in good weather, but rather hard in heavy rains, especially as I have no protection at all while riding, and could hardly make camp in the rain. The rainy season (summer) is just started but in the wetter areas, where the collecting is best, it rains practically every day. 
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[[preprinted]] 95 [[/preprinted]]
[[margin] VIII-16-35 [[/margin]] 
Spent the day writing letters and making the [[margin]] J [[/margin]] rainfall map. Wrote to Martha and Daddy and gave our next address to Mrs. Willis. 
[[margin]] VIII-17-35 [[/margin]] Another day without collecting. Motorcycle is [[margin]] J [[/margin]] still unopened but very dirty. Washed it and greased it. Went swimming with Jack Ruane and Johnny Fairchild at the Petionville Club beach near Bizoton, four miles west of Port-au-Prince. Ruth didn't feel like going in, but Johnny and I swam out to the float, - about two hundred yards. 
[[margin]] z [[/margin]] There were numerous small jellyfish, harmless to the hand but causing painful stings on softer parts of the body. While swimming back I felt several on my arms, and one on my cheek was rather painful. 
[[margin]] c [[/margin]] The water was lukewarm - not below 80°.
[[margin]] VIII-18-35 [[/margin]]
Tried to duplicate sidecar padlock in hardware [[margin]] J [[/margin] stores. None had [[underlined]] any [[/underlined]] Yale locks. There is no locksmith in the republic! Finally borrowed a hacksaw and cut lock off. Repacked sidecar, cleaned bottles, etc. Have decided that [[underlined]] real [[/underlined]] early departures are only way to escape afternoon rains. That will allow me ten hours without the danger of getting stuck.
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