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We had the baggage brought up, and the trunk. We found that the latter had been unusually badly treated. At twelve o'clock I called on the Administrator [[strikethough]] Mr.[[/strikethrough]] Dr. Milburn, who was both pleasant and helpful. He is "Acting-Ad., being Senior Medical Officer before. He told me that the launch running to Nevis is out of commission. It might be repaired in a few weeks. After lunch I called on the Treasurer who collected $25 as deposit on the motor. I also got a map for 2/6.
I changed to old clothes and went to the warehouse to unpack the motor. Had no trouble and found it in fairly good shape. It appeared to have been turned upside down sometime but not left that way long. Had an extra large audience and the motor had a group around [[insertion]] it [[/insertion]] the rest of the afternoon in front of the hotel.
We have been well pleased with the meals. At dinner we had [[underlined]] five [[/underlined]] vegetables, and at tea some good fruit cake!
Our room is large and airy, with windows on three sides. We don't have running water, but the maid service is excellent. Electric lights in unusual abundance!
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[[margin]] X-1-36 [[/margin]] Rather rainy again. Did quite a bit of unpacking and rearranging, and after tea Ruth and I worked on stamps for a while.
The S.S. Inanda was in from Antigua, and apparently brought us mail from there. Ruth got two letters, and I got one Ed, Mother & Daddy, and the American Consul in Martinique - Blocker.
Ed's letter had lots of news, and contained the notes I had asked concerning [[underlined]] Coproporus [[/underlined]]. Daddy and Mother were enroute to New York via Panama.
[[margin]] X-2-36 [[/margin]] I woke up this morning feeling rather ill. Ruth was also not so spry. I stayed "on" bed all morning and most of the afternoon, but Ruth went down to lunch. I worked for an hour or two on the Coproporus-paper, getting it ready for retyping.
Ruth had a date to play bridge this evening, but I broke it for her as she wasn't feeling well enough and went to bed early.
A litte [[strikethrough]] French [[/strikethrough]] Dutch boat from Curacao and St. Martin was in port all day. It was the S.S. Baralt. The S.S. Lady Nelson came in from the north and went across to Nevis. We could see her lights at anchor there. The S.S. Burgos or some other Furness boat was also due, but hadn't showed up by 8 P.M. Might have mail.