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Antigua 43.

IX-13-36  Sunday. Rainy, with a very sudden and heavy shower late in the afternoon. We got out the game of clock-golf (putt putt-played with just one hole). It's rather monotonous so I tried to plan some fancier holes.
   After dinner we played bridge with Mrs. Mason and her sister Mrs. Lake. Afterwards Ruth and I walked home with Mrs,. Lake, as she doesn't like to go alone at night.
   The following paragraphs appeared in the West India Committee Circular, Aug. 13, 1936. "The Fauna of the West Indies. [[paragraph symbol]] Reference to the recent visit of Captain Keith Caldwell to the West Indies and British Guiana is made in the report of the executive committee... [[paragraph symbol]]Captain Caldwell, states the report, visited a number of the West Indian islands, starting with Jamaica, and obtained information regarding the conditions in others which he had not time to visit. His movements had been hindered considerably by the inadequacy of inter island communication. He found that the colony of British Guiana contained more animal life than any of the colonies of the Caribbean region. In no colony did the surviving fauna appear to be in great danger, but in some the introduction of the mongoose had proved inimical to the bird life."
   I should like to know what he [[underline]] really [[underline]] did and thought.

IX-14-36  Went out in the morning in spite of yesterday's rain. The roads were pretty sloppy until the sun had been up a few hours. I went along the road through All Saints to Falmouth Harbour and part way up to Shirley Heights. Saw little chance to collect. One bit of excrement yielded nothing.
On the way back turned off to the left on the road that leads over to the Wallings road. This turned out to be impassable so I went down the Body Ponds road. Stopped once to wash the motorcycle at a stream, but saw no place to collect.
   In the afternoon we worked a jig-saw puzzle, and after tea played some clock golf. After dinner played bridge till bedtime.
IX-15-36  Rainy again. Accomplished little of note. Worked awhile fixing up two new holes for the clock golf, - peewee golf idea.
   Mrs. Mason has a MahJong set, so we got it out and played. We discovered that several of us like it quite a bit. The rules had been rather forgotten, but every body remembered part. If we can borrow a set of rules, we can straighten out the rest of the points. This is one game that Miss Ray can join in,. Her arthritis keeps her out of most everything.