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years each time. We recalled seeing them from the road to Fern Gully. They were partly full at that time - probably declining.
   After tea I rode out to see if I could find a road up Ottley's Hill. It is over 1700 feet high, has cane to the top on one side, and must have a splendid view. Couldn't find a road. Today was exceptionally clear; I could see the Lady Hawkins at Nevis very clearly; and also for the first time saw the actual top of Mt. Misery (3711 feet), the highest peak in the island.(St. Kitts).
   After dinner we went to the movies to see Son of Kong. It is a Gaumont British picture - sequel to King Kong. The build-up is much too long for the short action part; the animals were as good as before though fewer in number ; The "Son's" actions were too human - scratching of head, saluting, sucking injured finger, etc. The staging was much less pretentious and also less convincing. The picture was quite dependent upon the build-up of King Kong. None of the natives or their habitations were shown, or the wall which featured so largely before. 
   The colored people in the pit seemed to enjoy it. The din was absolutely deafening. 
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[[margin]] X-17-36 [[/margin]] The fine weather is still holding. I didn't have much ambition today but went out anyway. 
[[underlined]] Station 306. [[/underlined]]
Same as sta. 299. From dung took 226 Staphs ([[underlined]] Oxytelus [[/underlined]]- 197, [[underlined]] Pa[[/underlined]] ederinae - 4, Xantholininae - 3, [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 4, Actobius - 1, Aleocharinae - 17) 2 Carabidae, 59 Sphaeridiinae, 2 large Histerids and 2 minute, 121 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]], 5 Coprinae and ants and mites. 
   Another boat came in unexpectedly from the south. It was the SS Inanda bound for England. Spent the afternoon counting specimens. After tea we walked up the main street to see a house built by a Mrs. Thurston. The foundation is a concrete platform about three feet high; walls supported by steel (?) pipe corner posts; windows screened; walls covered with board or fibre on both sides; asbestos roofing. The catches are: no screen doors; hurricane shutters of usual type; no ceiling; low-grade copper screening.  Nevertheless it is probably the most modern and reasonable house we've seen. 
   I spent most of the evening talking with Mr. Haslett. Subject  ranged from What is an animal? through fundamentalism and the theory of evolution to the mind and the Divine Spark. Also Honor System in U.S. colleges.
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