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[[preprinted]] 8 [[/preprinted]] St. Croix 8. We spent the evening from 8 to 1 listening to the election returns on the radio. At first Roosevelt had a substantial lead, but this seemed to grow smaller. Only a small proportion of the votes were in when we went to bed. Miss Fleming is an extreme pessimist sometimes. She was for Landon, but didn't voice a single hope for his election during the whole week. [[margin]] XI-4-36 [[margin]] Last night we had very heavy rains and unusually high winds. In the morning I went to town to mail letters and make reservations at the Bull Line. They weren't sure, and will let us know later. We may be able to take the motorcycle uncrated and use it for one day in St. Thomas. I drew the map on the following page (traced from one loaned me by Mr. Elliot, in the Census). After lunch I went out to try to get to the north coast. I followed the main road and turned off to left beyond Bethlehem as before. The ford at Salt River looked pretty rough so I turned west past Concordia and Lebanon. Came back to the main road by way of Jealousy. Passed a Virgin Islands Company truck stuck on a high center. One of the men told me that the final election results gave every state [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 9 [[/preprinted]] [[image - "boxed" map of the Virgin Islands, headed: [[underlined]] THE VIRGIN ISLANDS [[/underlined]] Scale:1 inch = 11 3/4 miles Large islands have Roman numerals, I - VI; small have Arabic numerals, 1-23. The international boundary between British and American Virgin Islands is shown. Also shown is a line between islands I & III stating that they are 40 miles apart]] [[underlined]] KEY [[/underlined]] I St. Thomas II St. John III St. Croix IV Tortola V Virgin Gorda VI Anegada 1 Sail Rock 2 Saba I. 3 Savanna I. 4 Cockroach I. 5 Buck I. 6 Frenchman's Cap 7 Hans Lollik Is. 8 Little Tobago I. 9 Tobago I. 10 Yost Van Dyke I. 11 Norman I. 12 Peter I. 13 Salt I. 14 Cooper I. 15 Round Rock 16 Guano I. 17 Great Camanoe I. 18 Dog Is. 19 Seal Dogs 20 Mosquito I. 21 Little Van Dyke I. 22 Necker I. 23 Buck I. 24 Thatch I. 25 Brass Is. 26 Water I.