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St. Croix 14.

In the middle of the morning Mr. Beatty and a friend Mr. Seaman came by to invite me to go out for the day. They were just out to rough-it for the day, but were heading first for a bat-cave somewhere near Ham Bay. Ruth got me some sandwiches and bananas while I put on old clothes. We drove along the coast north past Ham Bay to the lighthouse grounds. The light keeper, a Puerto Rican, couldn't tell us where the cave was, so we explored the bluff as far as we could climb. We couldn't find the cave but found a small stream with a swell pool for bathing!
We came back to Ham Bay and drove about a quarter of a mile up the stream into Caledonia Valley. Here we ate lunch, and then walked about a mile up the stream to a fall on a tributary on the right side. I tried collecting along the river, but found nothing. Also opened one large termite nest, but failed to find the queen cell. It was not a thriving colony, though quite large. The [[underlined]] Nasutitermes [[/underlined]] here generally build their nests high up in the large forest trees.
[[underlined]] Station 323. [[/underlined]]
Caledonia Valley, about 1 mile east of Ham Bay. A large spider from a [[strikethrough]] net [[/strikethrough]] web across the pathway. This was the only catch of the day.

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[[image - drawn map of the island of St. Croix; the locations of 'Christiansted' and 'Fredericksted' are labeled on the map, as are collecting points, numbered to correspond with Station numbers in journal narrative ]]

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[[underlined]] ST. CROIX [[/underlined]]
Scale: 1 inch = 2 1/3 miles
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