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Antigua 11.

To the Customs House, and finally to the Pan-American office to pay the C.O.D. and carriage ––– $11.00.
  After lunch I connected the new spark coil in place of the old one. To my disgust there was no improvement. I then changed the spark plugs and found that the rear one had been bad.! After I replaced this the cylinder worked as well as before the trouble. It looks as if the new coil was unnecessary.
[[Left margin]] VIII-8-36[[/left margin]] Rode out along the southernmost of the two roads east of town. It is paved for several miles - the best road in the island. I went into the Parish of St. Peter and then turned north towards Parham.
[[underlined]] Station 273. [[underlined]]
An open hillside about 1 mile south of Parham in the Parish of St. Peter. Obatained from dung 2 Staphs (Paederinae and [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] ) and 2 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]].
  As I entered the town of Parham one cylinder stopped working again. It was six miles back to St. Johns, but I decided to go on back on the one cylinder. It was easy on the level, but any slight rise threatened to be too much.
  Finally got home and found out that the plug I put into the rear cylinder yesterday had gone bad. Managed to fix this and readjust the carburetor before lunch.
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After lunch I rode along the southern part of the road that circles the western hills of the island. It is good for two or three miles, but then becomes merely a wagon track. I was caught in a shower, and stopped once to collect, at
[[underlined]] Station 274. [[/underlined]]
Parish of St. Mary about 6 miles south of St. Johns (2 miles south of St.Lukes). Searched along the bank of a stream without success. Took 1 [[underlined]] Metamasius [[/underlined]] from a coconut husk. In fungus on a palm log found 1 Aleocharinae, several small beetles, a few Forfiuelids, and some [[underlined]] Nasutitermes [[/underlined]].
  On the return trip I was caught in a shower just outside of town and didn't stop to put on the slicker. So I got wet before I arrived.
  Ruth left at tea-time to go calling in the country with Mrs. Mason. They went somewhere overlooking Parham Harbour. She seemed to enjoy it, and said it was a fine example of rich plantation luxury - English colonial idea, at least.
  After tea I wrote a letter to Ed to change our mail addresses. It will go by Air Mail on the Monday plane.
  After dinner we worked on stamps. Some boat was in from the south - stamps from Wilfred, and the Lady drake from the north - papers from EB.