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[[margin]] IX-16-36 [[/margin]] A mixed day. Worked out in the garden in the morning fixing the golf course. We played MahJong [[strikethrough]] lunch [[/strikethrough]] after [[strikethrough]] tea [[/strikethrough]] lunch, and after tea Ruth had two ladies in to play bridge with her and Mrs. Mason. Addie and I played golf. 

[[margin]] IX-17-36 [[/margin]] A little more fair than usual. I rode out along the Valley Road to the west coast. [[underlined]] Station 288. [[/underlined]]
[[margin]] A [[/margin]]  Same as sta. 277. In fungus found 14 Staphs (Aleocharinae), 3 other coleoptera, termites, ants.
[[margin]] B [[/margin]] From beneath excrement took 52 Staphs ([[underlined]] Aleochara [[/underlined]] - 49, other Aleocharinae - 3), 3 Histerids, 2 other coleoptera, ants, roach. The seaweed on the beach again yielded nothing, and the gynep fruits also nothing.
   I was caught in a light shower while collecting, but managed to keep dry. 
   At noon we received a large package of 1st Class Mail. I got letters from Martha, Aehser, Schade in Paraguay, [[insertion]] and [[/insertion]] the Administrator in Dominica. The latter was acknowledging my application for refunds and turning down all but one item without submitting them to the Legislative Council! Such is life. The letter from Schade offered to sell Staphs of Paraguay and Brasil. Aehser's letter was
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in with the page proof of the [[underlined]] Tachyporus [[/underlined]] paper. [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] He had changed the title as I suggested.
   In the afternoon Ruth went to see a fine collection of shells belonging to Mrs. Christian Branch. (See her journal for account.) 
   In the evening we played bridge.
[[margin]] IX-18-36 [[/margin]] Forgot to mention a heavy thundershower just before dinner last night. Today was fitfully rainy. I wrote letters to Mrs. Wiggins in St. Kitts (about accommodations at Shadwell House), Schade, Bierig, and Aehser.
   After tea we played Mah Jong with a Mr. Raeburn from Five Islands Estate. He brought a Mah Jong rule book, but I didn't learn anything about him. He invited us for tea on Sunday.
[[margin]] IX-19-36 [[/margin]] Typed letters in the morning, and started to pack a box of periodicals, papers, [[strikethrough]] foo [[/strikethrough]] books, filing cards, etc. to send home. I spent several hours studying the Mah Jong book, and discovered several things we were doing wrong. Also learned a little of the theory of playing properly. We played after tea and in the evening. Light rains.
Took 1 [[underlined]] Oxytelus [[/underlined]] and 1 Xantholininae at lights.
   The SS Lady Drake was late today, since she went out of her course to miss a bad storm which hit Virginia coast. SS Ingoma from South.