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[[preprinted]] 70 [[/preprinted]] St. Vincent 9.

In the distance [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] are Balliceaux, Battowia, and Bequia of the Grenadines, - also Mustique.

The road is not so good as those in Grenada, but is "pitched" most of the ten miles.  Returned to Kingstown without finding a place to collect, though I spotted some carrion that will be "ripe" in a few days.
After tea Ruth and I worked on stamps.  In the evening I wrote the monthly report for Grenada, including lists of things taken and the estimates of number of Staphylinids taken on each island.
[[margin]] II-4-36 [[/margin]]
Rode around the southern and eastern sides of the island, passing through Calliaqua and Georgetown, to Sandy ^[[insert]] Bay [[/insert]]Beach, three miles north of Orange Hill.  This is the end of the road.  
South of Georgetown the eastern part is all cleared and mostly planted in arrowroot. North of Georgetown it is mostly coconuts.  The road is impaired after the ten mile post, and beyond Georgetown in scarcely a road.  Didn't see a single good place to collect till I got to the end of the road.
[[underline]] Station 164. [[/underline]]
Sandy Beach, 3 miles north of Orange Hill Estate, on the north-east coast, about 8 miles north of Georgetown.  On the beach found one dead
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[[underline]]Halobates,[[/underline]] 13 Carabids, and 5 larvae.  There was very little seaweed and no Staphs.  In dung found 4 [[underline]] Anytelus, [[/underline]] 15 Coprinae, 39 Aphodiinae (37-1-1), 1 Histerid, and 1 Sphaeridiinae.  For the results of a days collecting this is very feeble, to say the least.  The beach was a fine wide one, but of very black sand and very exposed.  More extended collecting in dung was prevented by an approaching rain.  I had to get back to a decent road for fear of getting stuck.  About 2 miles north of Georgetown is the Dry River which runs through what is called the Lava Bed.  
[[margin]] Photo #67 [[/margin]] I was curious to see it, but found it to be merely a floodplain of the river, formed of black or gray volcanic materials, and dissected deeply.  I took a photo ^[[insert]] (Exp. 1/25 + 11) [[/insert]] to show a layer of more easily eroded material about two inches thick that ran throughout the area.  Took a sample (cloth sack).
Watched for the thick layer of gray ash that is said to cover all this area, but saw nothing very striking.  In place of the sands and gravels south of Georgetown, there was a gray "gravel" sometimes at least appearing to be water-worn.  Took a sample from road out 4 mi. north of Georgetown. (paper sack)