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Mr Adamson couldnt go. At the last minute he discovered that some of his wasps were ready for liberating, and he had been unable to find a suitable place to do this

We drove up the road by the Tacarigua River (so it is called on the map). Mrs Adamson calls it the Caura river, but I find that to be the name of the town at the headwaters. We parked the car and walked down to the river where there was a lovely little pool - just right for bathing. Mr & Mrs Phillis were there ahead of us. They have a cute little dog named Judy whom Kim seemed to delight in picking on.

Dick did his best to give me a swimming lesson, but I wasnt such an apt pupil. Anyway, I do enjoy swimming my own side stroke, and the fun is in being in the water.

Mrs Adamson had brought a lunch, and the Phillises joined us. The cocoanut cake was excellent. 

About 3 we went back to the college & had tea at the Adamsons. Then we went to the lab to pick up Mr A. This time our drive was up along the Arima river. I believe they say this road is the highest in the 

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island. When we got to the summit we got out and walked. On the way home we picked up the bamboo Christmas tree which had been cut for Alper. We were also subjected to a nice downpour of rain. Dick & Alper were sitting in the rumble and when we got back to the Adamsons Dick didnt exactly act as if he had enjoyed the ride. We arrived home a little late for dinner. 

[[underlined]] Monday, December 23, 1935 [[/underlined]]

I went to town this morning and finished up my Christmas shopping. Bought Dick two ties - one blue, the other a mixture. I liked the dark blue one very well, but I feel I could have gotten a lighter color, which would have been better. I also bought him two books - "The Door with the 7 Locks" by Edgar Wallace, and "Ex-Detective" by Oppenheim. I tried all over town to get the paper weights - and failed. There was quite a [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] mob of people in town so I will make this my last day of Christmas shopping. 

It rained most of the afternoon. Dick gave me one of my Xmas presents - a