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[[pre-printed]] 86 [[/pre-printed]] St Kitts 8.

[[left margin]] X-8-36 [[/left margin]] Ruth and I prepared to go out, but were stopped by a shower. It soon dried off, so we went anyway. We went to South Frigate Bay where I tried to collect in dung while Ruth looked for shells. Two showers drove us to shelter, but I got a few beetles.
[[underlined]]Station 300.[[/underlined]]
Same as sta. 297. From dung took 6 Staphs (Paederinae - 4, [[underline]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 2), 3 Sphaeridiinae, and 3 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]].
   We picked up a few nice shells, including some extra nice [[underlined]] Turritellas [[/underlined]].

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[[lines bracketed]] After sea we had a call from Mr. Graves, manager of Barclay's Bank. He invited us to walk up to the Tennis Club. We accepted, [[/lines bracketed]] and watched a game of tennis and one of bridge. Met several ladies, including Mrs. Wigley, who owns Frigate Bay Estate.
   After dinner Ruth went to play bridge with some friends. Came back rather late.
[[left margin]] X-9-36 [[/left margin]] We prepared again to go out and were delayed by a shower. It was dry in ten minutes. We rode up the leeward coast, past Brimstone Hill; around the western end of the island, from which we could see St. Eustatius and even Saba behind;
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and stopped just east of Dieppe Bay. After waiting under a tree for a rather hard shower, we found the collecting in dung was not any good so went down to the beach. This is of black sand with a great number of boulders. There were few shells, but we found several extra nice ones. Seaweed yielded only 2 beetles.  
[[underlined]] Station 301. [[/underlined]]
Beach at Caines Estate, just east of Dieppe Bay, parish of St. John. 2 beetles under seaweed.
   We came on down the windward coast safely dodging showers, but without stopping again to collect.
   Afternoon & evening described on preceding page. Last night Ruth played bridge here at the hotel. 
[[left margin]] X-10-36 [[/left margin]] An unusually clear day. I went back to Frigate Bay Estate to work in a corral. 
[[underlined]] Station 302. [[/underlined]]
Corral at Frigate Bay Estate, virtually the same as stations 297 and 300. From dung took 338 Staphs ([[underlined]] Onytelus [[/underlined]] - 176, Paederniae - 22, Xantholininae - 12, [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 10, [[underlined]] Actobius [[/underlined]] - 112, Alcocharinae - 6), 29 Sphaeridiinae, 1 large Histerid, and 32 minute, 14 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]], 1 red brown Scarabaeid, 3 Elaterids, and ants & hymenoptera.
[[in pencil, underlined]] Indent [[/pencil]]