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St. Thomas 1, final.  
St. John 1, final. 
[[left margin]] XI-6-36 (cont.) [[/left margin]] We arrived at St. Thomas about 6:30 P.M., but after dark.  We took a taxi up to the 1829 Hotel (Taylor's), and were surprised to find the hotel crowded. There was scarcely a place for us to eat, but we sat with Mr. Taylor, and had a nice dinner and a pleasant talk. The influx of various sorts of Federal agencies has created a minor boom, all hotels nearly full.
Kruger's Hotel is closed temporarily, but the same people have a nice restaurant.  
From the Census of the V.I. took the following data: Area sq. mi.; population - 10,1919 (1917); highest point-West Mountain, 1549 ft. 
Also the following for [[underlined]] St. John [[/underlined]]:
Area - 20 sq. mi; population 959 (1917); chief industry -cattle raising; no roads. 
The Pocket Guide to the W.I. adds: 
3 miles east of St. Thomas, under which municipality it is controlled. First settled by Danes about 1716, and in days of sugar supported 3,000 whites and 2500 slaves.  "Bay leaf" tree ([[underlined]] Pimenta acris [[/underlined]] is also cultivated.
We sailed from St. Thomas at 11:30 P.M.  
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Arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico about 8 A.M. In spite of the very bad stories we have heard concerning the Customs inspections, we had little difficulty, although we had to open each bag. We took a bus into town and went to the Aquarium Restaurant for breakfast.  
We then set out to find a place to live. First we went back to the Olimpo Court Apts, where we stayed last year. Mr. Antmeyer had a room for us, so we decided to stay. The rates have gone up from $9 to $10 a week.  There is a new Miramar Tavern at the back, where we can get meals for $12 a week apiece. 
We went back to town and stopped off at Bailey's Motor Service. We found it has moved. Mrs. Bailey was there and recognized us, but told us that Mr. Bailey died very suddenly a short time before. (I judge about three weeks). This was very sad news; Mrs. Bailey must have been very much stricken. She seems to be carrying on the business; of course, she did most of the "business" end of it before.  
She told us that she had great difficulty about the motorcycle and had been unable to gain possession of it, - even under bond. Together we went to the Customs, and