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[[margin]] Fri. Nov 15, 1935 [[/margin]]
Here it is the middle of the month, and time going fairly rapidly although some days drag. When I woke up this morning Dick said ^[[insertion]] that [[/insertion]] we had another quake last night, which woke him up but disturbed me not. Did some packing this morning and was most unsuccessful in getting Dick to go out and do some errands.

[[margin]] Sat. Nov 16, 1935 [[/margin]]
Morning was spent in last minute packing and arrangements. Dick went down to the P.O. & was lucky enough to get Ed's air mail in answer to our proposed change of schedule.
He said "go ahead". I fixed up the matter of the payment for the car, after 3 people had been sent to collect an incorrect billing. We had lunch at the hotel and then went aboard. Our embarcation fees came to $ 3 dollars ($1 for trunk, $1 for baggage to wharf, $1 for from wharf to steamer)
We arrived at 
[[double underlined]] Dominica [[/double underlined]]
after dinner. Dick went ashore with Mr. W.H. Archer to get some of our mail which had already been sent there. There were a few letters, but the thesis which he hoped to get was not there.

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[[margin]] Sun Nov 17, 1935 [[/margin]]
[[double underlined]] Martinique [[/double underlined]]

Looks like a fairly prosperous island. We did not go ashore. Shortly after lunch we sailed.
We tried to get the same waiter as we had in the dining room [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] before, but were unsuccessful.

[[double underlined]] St. Lucia [[/double underlined]]
We arrived here around tea time. Even tho' it was Sunday a good few of the stores were open, as was the post office. Naturally I bought so me stamps of the jubilee issue (1/2d, 2d, 2 1/2d, 1s). Seemingly there were not as many varieties as in Jamaica.
The "Lady [[strikethrough]] Summers [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] Hawkins [[/insertion]]" came in shortly after we did, and we sailed before she did.
I rather like the looks of St Lucia. It seems a pretty little place.

[[margin]] Monday Nov 18, 1935 [[/margin]]
[[double underlined]] Barbados[[/double underlined]]
Last night at dinner I asked to have avocado for salad. It was on the menu under salads, but the waiter informed us that it was [[strikethrough]] commonly [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] usually [[/insertion]] eaten as dessert. The chef - or whoever it was in the kitchen - had never heard of it being eaten for