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Barbados 30.

[[margin]] III-19-36 [[/margin]] [[underline]] Station 204 [[/underline]] (see page 125).
We went to town in the morning. Found out that the Nerissa will sail Sunday at 4 P.M. This is two days late. 
In the afternoon wrote a letter to the manager of Brown & Co. in Antigua, about my glasses. 
Today wasn't Friday but we had nothing but fish. Vegetables may be expensive here, but I don't see how they expect to live without [[underline]] ever [[/underline]] eating any! Rice, breadfruit, Irish potatoes, yams, and plantain can scarcely be called variety.

[[margin]] III-20-36 [[/margin]] Went to town again to arrange for the freight on motorcycle and trunk. They must be down by Saturday morning. Went to the warehouse to tell the men to come up. At Cole's Garage I paid the bill of $3.00 for the labor on the motor, and also bought enough gas to leave [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] the car with more than we found in it. 
In the afternoon packed the trunk, and at 5:30 the men came for it and the trunk. It is to stay out in the yard till the morning. The old lady nearly had a fit, and didn't come down to dinner. It was a blessing!

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[[margin]] III-21-36 [[/margin]] At 6:30 A.M. I was awakened by the men coming to get the case and trunk. There was no need of my being there but they didn't understand. 
We went to town after breakfast to pack the motor. It took me about an hour and a half. Then I came home and cleaned up, and Ruth and I went back to town. Paid $7.53 for freight and lighterage, went to say goodbye to Mr. Jester, got some medicine for Ruth, and went to the Dept. of Agriculture to see Tucker. He had left already.
After lunch we discovered that we had packed all our money in the trunk, so I had to go down and take the launch out to the ship. I got the money out of the trunk and got home just before tea. We were surprized to have tea sent up, - we hadn't requested it! Miss Harford has been keeping out of sight all day.
After tea we went to call on Mr. Tucker, and then on the Shilstone's. Mr. Shilstone asked me to remember their desire to have an article on my collecting in Barbados for their local Journal. 
In the morning Mr. Jester had suggested that we try to contribute articles or pictures to the National Geographic. He said they solicit articles, and are planning two West Indian numbers. He seemed to think it a wonderful opportunity.