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to Basse-Terre again, where Dick got some money from the bank. The car added the little trick of boiling, to its repertoire of antics. The one time it needed cranking it refused to budge so we had to get some men to help push it.
A great big moth scared me out of the dining room this evening.

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A perfectly rotten breakfast. No eggs - until the boy scurried around and got some - and never at all any fruit. Opened the can of Nestlé milk so I could have something to drink (I found it very good)
We walked up to what is called the Indian Village but found it no different from other villages. On one of the rises of the hill we got a marvelous view of the Saintes, and Dominica in the distance. We came home with rain following us, and got in just in time.  For the first time I used the shower bath provided "par la direccion" for the comfort (?) of its guests.

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[[margin]] Nov 8, 1935 [[/margin]] 
Most of the day to-day was spent in gathering up the walking sticks brought to us by the boys around the place. Dick has a list of how many were brought to us. In the morning we went up the hill on the trail above Matouba as Dick wanted to work some logs. Up there I saw ferns as tall as trees. Maybe they are tree ferns - I dont know.  The fronds seem to grow from a central mass which many times gets as tall as a small elm. We also saw a very odd lily.
The afternoon was spent writing letters.

[[margin]] Sat Nov 9, 1935 [[/margin]]  
The morning was spent packing and doing other things preparatory to our long-looked-forward-to departure. Shortly after lunch we started - very glad to get away from the bum food.  We arrived in Pointe-a-Pitre in the early afternoon - went to the Furness for mail (unsuccessful) and to deliver the car.  The owner was not in, so we were afraid we would have to leave the car on the street during the night. However, the owner saw it in the street and he came by for it that evening.  We had to take a room on the first floor as the hotel was full