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[[preprinted]] 90 [[/preprinted]] St. Vincent 29. 

[[underlined]] Station 177. [[/underlined]] 
Pembroke Estate in the Buccament Valley. Victor Williams had saved for me some pieces of mango wood with larvae in them. Only one was still alive but I found also one live Cerambycid. 

[[underlined]] Station 178. [[/underlined]]
4 miles northwest of Kingstown on the Leeward Road. One large bug in the road. 

[[margin]] II-16-36 [[/margin]] Sunday. Got up rather late and decided to make this a vacation day. After breakfast we went for a walk, following the Eastern road to the pass at Richmond Hill and then out onto the Cane Garden Point. From here we got a fine view of Young's Island and Fort Duvernette, also the Grenadines. In the other direction were the town, Fort Charlotte, and the exceedingly rugged skyline in the background. [[margin]] [[underlined]] Photo #71 [[/underlined]] [[/margin]] Took a photo showing Young's Island, etc. (Exp. 1/50 & 17).

We passed the ruins of an old sugar mill, but saw no fort or other works. The remains of a nice stone house which has been completely gutted by fire were conspicuous. 

After lunch we worked on stamps, and in the evening listened to the radio. 

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[[margin]] II-17-36 [[/margin]] Went to see Mr. Spence at the Treasury again. My plan was to see if the private boat he mentioned before could be chartered for two days at a reasonable price to take me to Mistique and Cannouan. He phoned Mr. de Freitas, the owner, but didn't get him and left a message for him to call me. I waited all day and received no reply, and found from the phone book that there are two de Frietas's here! 

After tea Ruth and I went walking up the valley behind the town. 

[[margin]] II-18-36 [[/margin]] Tried to go to see Mr. de Freitas about his boat, but I found his house and office empty. Mr. Spence was also out, so I was up a stump. About eleven o'clock Mr. de Freitas sent his clerk to talk with me, and I told him the situation, formal, financial, and temporal. He said he would talk to Mr. Fred Hazell, part owner, and call me later. When he called just before lunch he said the expenses of the boat made it necessary to charge $15 a day. We had already [[insertion]] ^ agreed [[/insertion]] that that was more than 2 could pay, so decided to let it drop. He made some other suggestions as to how I might do the same thing much more cheaply. 

After considering the advantages and the