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[[preprinted]] 94 [[/preprinted]] St. Vincent 33. 

it was built last year by the minister of the large church across the valley - Roman Catholic. Services are held both places every Sunday, and are especially impressive [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] by moonlight. A large crowd attends. It is surrounded closely by cane fields. I took a photo of it. (Exposure 1/25 and 9). 

The river was so lined with washerwomen that I couldn't collect, so I started back. At the southeast corner of the island I climbed a hill to examine some extensive ruins and get a view southward. I learned from a native that the ruins are the remains of a large estate-house, destroyed by the hurricane of 1898. I took a photograph of the Grenadines from here. (Exposure 1/50 and 25). 

After lunch I returned along the same road to a straggling pasture. 

[[underlined]] Station 181. [[/underlined]]

Milepost 8 1/2 on Windward Road, near the southeast corner of the island. In dung found 56 Staphs ([[underlined]] Oxytelus [[/underlined]]-1, Aleocharinae-55), 33 Coprinae, 6 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]], and 7 ants. This is a large pasture but dung was scarce and only the Aleocharinae in evidence (of Staphs). 

Decided to climb Soufriére tomorrow. 

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[[margin]] II-20-36 [[/margin]] Up early today and got away by 7:30. Schedule was to climb Soufriére from the East. Rode to Georgetown where I stopped at the Police Station; just to let them know and ask about the trail. Arrived there at 8:30, and then went on across the Dry River, turned to left and rode up through the palm groves for about two miles to Lot 14. Here I left the motor and started to walk up the trail. A native seemed quite perturbed that I was going alone, and said I was very brave! The path keeps to the top of the ridge north of the Dry River, frequently so narrow there is scarcely space for two donkeys to pass. This is not obvious because of the thick growth of tree ferns and bamboos along the precipitous slopes. This comes the nearest to being tropical forest of anything I've seen on this island, but it's not "dripping forest" like that on El Yunque in Puerto Rico. [[margin]][[underlined]] Photo #74 [[/underlined]] #76, #77 #78 [[/margin]]

Within a half mile I passed the last sign of human beings, and at one mile reached River Bed. Here the path crosses the main branch of the Dry River, - dry, of course. The channel gives the impression of having carried a tremendous volume of water during the rainy season.