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[[page number]] 124 [[/page number]] Dominican Rep. 17

[[margin]] IX-8-35 [[/margin]] Left shortly after 7 A.M. for Puerto Plata by [[margin]] J [[/margin]] the same read as taken on morning of IX-5-35. Stopped once to collect in during a [[underline]] Station 36. [[/underline]]
10 miles south east of Peruto Plata at point where road emerges from mountains into coastal plain. Dung only.
Found the usual white-tailed [[underline]] Canthon [[/underline]] in abundance, a smaller species of same, a considerable number ^[[(27)]] of Staphs, and several [[underline]] Cereyon [[/underline]]. [[margin]] J [[/margin]] This was the farthest point i reached. The road is good. In places it is surfaced with rock rolled in, but even this is better than washboard! This country does not seem to receive heavy rainfall, though in places there was a very rank underbrush. On the way out I had spotted on the way back.
[[underline]] Station 37. [[/underline]]
3 miles north of Sandiaho on road to Puerto Plata. A dead uprooted stump by roadside. The little white shelf-fungi yielded some of the 1/3mm. beetles, and then a fresher pieve was full of ^[[(18)]] Staphs. One larger beetle which I didn't get a good look at was to quick for me and got away. [[end page]]  [[start page]] [[page number]] 125 [[/page number]]

[[margin]] J [[/margin]] Got back to the hotel just in time for lunch. As the weather is threatening [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]]  and I ran through a shower on the pass, I decided to stay in this afternoon. Drew the outline map of the D.R. on page 135, by using the latitude and longitude lines on my large map. The tire that I repaired the other day (the spare now) is flat again, so my repair was no good. I'll have it done over before I start back. This town is plastered all over with little metal signs that read: Viva Trujillo, Todo por Trujillo, and Dias y Trujillo. Can't you imagine a presidential campaign in the states with posters: Hoorah for Roosevelt, All for Roosevelt, or God and Roosevelt!!! There was a short hand concert in the park at five o'clock. They always begin and end with the national anthem. The policeman at the corner stands saluting and a ll approaching traffic stops. Two soldiers riding in a bus jumped out and stood a salute, then piled back in and went. Everyone in the park stands up instantly at the first chord. I went again after supper, as much to watch the people as hear the music, but stayed only till nine and then went to bed.