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[[top margin]] Haiti 38. [[/top margin]

Mr. Barnes brown Packard sedan is about the same age as Daddy's car. We had some misgivings, however, as the left front tire is practically in shreds. Mr. Barnes said he wouldn't bother to change it if it did give out, but there's a limit to how far one will drive in on any flat, especially in a heavy, old Packard. He had predicted rain for 6:30 P.M. (previous evening) but it started in just as we returned at 1:30. 
Last night Mr. Barnes took the same bunch of us (practically the total occupants of the hotel) to see if we could find a native bambosh. We drove out past Bizo-Son[word?] (about 10 P.M.) but it was very quiet. Finally we did get a chance to look in on some sort of a religious dance. It was not the regular performance, - the women only took part, dressed in white, and carrying small torches. Afterwards we tried along John Brown Street, which is part of the Petionville Road. Nothing at all here. Perhaps a week of holidays has tired them out, - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday were all big nights. 
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Up at 5 A.M. today and went out to the [[margin]] J [[/margin]] vicinity of Mr Barnes' sisal plant. There is a large pasture near by, in the middle of cotton fields. 
[[margin]] I [[/margin]] I was surprised not to find a thing in the dung except ants. These were unusually abundant. Two tiny Carabids running on the ground were taken. Also one small yellowish beetle beneath dry dung. 
[[margin]] J [[/margin]] Then drove around past the sisal plant to the first foothills where there are the ruins of an old barracks and guardhouse. Here on what was once a veranda I found quite a bit of horse manure. This is 
[[underline]] Station 30 [[/underlined]]. [[pencil]] Cul de Sac Plaine [[/pencil]]
15 miles northeast of Port-au-Prince, in the vicinity of Mr. Barnes sisal mill. This is off the main road from Port-au-Prince to Cabaret, and is marked "Montet" on the map. [[margin]] I [[/margin]] By spreading out the [[strikethrough]] soil [[/strikethrough]] sand under the dung on a cloth and using an aspirator, I took quite a few [[insertion]] (6) [[/insertion]] small Staphs of two species. The ants swarm in the dung itself and seem to keep out everything else. I tried at several other places without [[margin]] B [[/margin]] seeing a single beetle. A light green 
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