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St. Croix 10.

but Vermont and Maine to Roosevelt. Landon took only 8 electoral votes. The man said he lost three bottles of Champagne, but I'm told his job depended on Roosevelt's reelection. The V.I. Co. is supposed to be independent, but everyone here is sure it's a government affair. Twice I've seen a [[strikethrough]] D. [[/strikethrough]] U.S.D.I. truck working alongside a V.I. Co. truck.
I rode in a light shower and got home in time to miss a heavier rain. 
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Rather rainy again. Stayed home; wrote a letter to Martha; and worked over some of the periodicals and [[strikethrough]] d adds [[/strikethrough]] ads. Ruth went bathing at the Club with Miss Fleming. Nothing else to record.
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In the morning went along the coast north of Frederiksted to the end of the road, - Ham Bluff. The road was very wet and muddy, and I had to ford one rocky stream. A brief shower passed over but wasn't serious.
[[underlined]] Station 318. [[/underlined]]
Mouth of Caledonia River, at Ham Bay. From under bark of a live tree took several Pseudo-scorpions and several myriapods. The banks of the stream yielded nothing, and I could find [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] no dryopid larvae in the stream.

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[[underlined]] Station 319. [[/underlined]]
Ham Bluff, northwest corner of the island. Under rubbish [['bb' replaces 'ff'; tails are struckthrough]]on the sand found 2 Carabids. Came home without finding other collecting. After lunch set out to go to the south coast in the vicinity of [[strikethrough]] Sat [[/strikethrough]] Great Pond. Went down past Canegarden Estate, but was soon stopped by mud holes. Found a fine pasture at 
[[underlined]] Station 320. [[/underlined]]
1/2 mile east of Canegarden Estate; 3 miles south of Christiansted, near south coast. Found nothing in dung, but 1 Carabid running in path. 
After tea I started to make an analysis of the way I've spent the days throughout the trip. Also wrote a letter to Daddy and Mother.
In the evening Ruth and I and Miss Fleming and her niece, Betty Currie, played cards (poker).
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Got a late start to go to the north coast. Took the road past Jealousy, Upper Lone, [[insertion]] and [[/insertion]] River Estates. It was quite badly washed out, - probably impassable to a car, but I just managed to get over. The road goes over a pass several hundred feet high, from which I had a fine view of St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda, and could just see the mountains of Puerto Rico. The road down is very steep, but passable.

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His capital "I" looks very like a "2"; he is referring to the Virgin Islands Co.