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[[left margin]] XI-4-36 [[/left margin]] Started packing in earnest. The Bull Line says that the SS Mary will be a day late again, but will come to Fredericksted on Saturday (when we can put our baggage aboard) and leave from Christiansted on Sunday. That means we will not have any time in St. Thomas. 
I went to town to send off the four packages, and mail two bird skeletons (Banana quicks or Honey creepers, [[underlined]] Coerula. [[/underlined]]) to Dr. Westmore. The Furness agents consented to send the boxes to the Museum free. Just a slight graft. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] !!!
[[left margin]] XI-5-36 [[/left margin]] Finished packing the trunk and dunnage bag and four other bags in the morning. We find we have space to spare, because of the things we sent home. After lunch we went to call on the Hughes to say goodbye, and then I went to the Bull Line office to get our tickets and arrange our baggage.  The SS Mary came in about 4:15 and the porters came for our bags and delivered them on board, bringing back a receipt. They tried to wangle double payment, but didn't get it, so they went away sore.
Miss Fleming had a party for some relations that arrived on the boat. In the evening we went down to the Country Club to a dance. Mr. & Mrs. Nichols had phoned to invite us. 
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About seven couples showed up, but they seemed more interested in the bar than the dance floor. The orchestra was unspeakable.  
Mr. Nichols was quite pleasant, and when we left said he'd write to Lee in Mayaguez that we are coming. We found out tonight that Miss Fleming has been thinking that our $100 a month rate was actually $25 a week. Not very logical, I'm afraid, in face of the way we arranged it. It would make twelve dollars difference, so we agreed to split the difference with her. A gift, I think! 
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Finished the small remaining amount of packing and spent an hour or two copying into the Field Notes. 
Right after lunch we started for Christiansted. I gave Isaac, the chauffeur, the taxi-driver's cap that I've carried all the trip without using. In Christiansted we met Harry Beatty who had come down to see us off. He took some photos of himself and me and of Ruth and me with his car nicknamed The Phantom. We went aboard the Mary right away and sailed at 2:45. Harry gave me another vial of Staphs from the net over the car. We spent the four-hour voyage lying down as the boat is rather unsteady.