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Antigua 21.

that he isn't seeing vegetable fibers or mammal hairs. I think his actual discovery of worms is bona fide, but some of the things he ascribes to them are a little far-fetched, at least from the photos alone. He finds whole worms in unconsolidated material so that they can be taken out like hairs - two to four inches long. They seem to show some cell structure and definite form. One photo apparently shows the conjugation. Mr. Forrest's only knowledge of Nemertean worms (or other organisms) comes from the Riverside Series. He'd never heard of Parker & Haswell or Korschelt & Heider. 
  These things occur in Oligocene rocks, near here. There are also Forams, with large [[underline]] Discocyclinas [[/underline]]. He told me just where to find the outcrops. He has [[strikethrough] seen [[/strikethrough]] sent specimens and photos to T.W. Vaughan (now at the U.S.N.M.), but Vaughan hasn't worked over them yet. Forrest gave me a copy of a little paper of his published by the Antigua Government, entitled: Sketch of Physical History & Development of Antigua by W.R. Forrest (1935). 
  He is also interested in a sort of local Stonehenge, which he thinks was used by the Caribs. We have heard other opinions from other people to the contrary. There is little interest hereabouts. 
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  After dinner we walked up to call on the Petri- Hay's. They are sociable but rather positive in their opinions. We got along fairly well by keeping two separate conversations. Mr. Hay is interested in [[strikethrough]] po [[/strikethrough]] china and silverware and antiques. He seems to have ready cash for such things. He showed me several things and told a lot of stories of the successes he has had spotting bargains. He did admit that he'd made many mistakes while learning! It is quite easy to see that he has little use for anything American - or even Canadian. He is rather deprecating about it. 
[[left margin]] VIII-23-36 [[/left margin]] Sunday. Today was clear so I went collecting along the Valley Road to west coast again. 
[[underline]] Station 280. [[/underline]]
[[left margin]] A [[/left margin]] Same as sta. 277. From rotting gynep fruit took 7 Staphs ([[underline]] Conosoma [[/underline]] -2, Aleocharinae -5), 1 Carabid, 26 Hydrophilids, 6 Nitidulids, 1 Bostrychid, 14 Tenebriomids, 2 other Coleoptera, and ants. 
[[left margin]] B  [[/left margin]] From dung took 119 Staphs ([[underline]] Oxytelus [[/underline]] -35, Paederinae -41, Xantholininae -1, [[underline]] Philonthus [[/underline]] -10, Aleocharinae -32), 1 Carabid, 3 Sphaeridiiae, 17 minute Histerids, 27 [[underline]] Aphodius [[/underline]], 2 other Coleoptera, and ants. In a large termitarium found termites and queens and a nest of ants.