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Another passenger, colored, by name of Osborn practically invited himself to stay with the commissioner, but was tactfully refused. Mr. Knight sent for a Mr. Simmons, the agriculture man for the island. He is a pleasant, intelligent, and fairly well educated negro. We talked some of the fauna and flora of the island and then [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] walked over to the Botanical Garden, which is an experimental garden. Here they are growing cotton, limes, grapes, onions, pigeon peas, etc. One lime tree was completely covered with a small white scale, called locally "snow scale". It is on the trunk, branches, and twigs, making the tree appear actually white. This is

[[underlined]] Station 141. [[/underlined]]

Botanic Garden at Hillsborough, Carriacou. Took one Nitidulid in cotton flower; one weevil on a weed; and a twig covered with snowy scales - Mr. Simmons says a [[underlined]] Chionaspis [[/underlined]] 

When we got back to the office Mr. Knight said that he hadn't been able to make satisfactory arrangements for the Rest House, so he would take me home with him. He said he is not settled yet (if office just three weeks), but I would be more comfortable there. He 

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[[hand-drawn map of Carriacou, showing towns, roads, islands and stations]]

lent me a British Admiralty chart from which I traced the above map. It does not show Petite Martinique at northeast corner; there are four distinct islands near Saline I.; and three rocks near One Tree Rock. The "towns" marked are usually just one or two houses, - no stores or anything.