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[[preprinted]] 48 [[/preprinted]] Puerto Rico 6.
Got a letter from  Ed, giving dis date of sailing and other plans. He says reservations are hard to get. So I wrote him Air Mail to try to get ones  for us with his, and wrote also to the United Fruit Co. in Jamaica for same.
[[left margin]] XII-15-36 [[/left margin]] We started eating at home today. I like it, but its more trouble for Ruth. A man came to see about the motor, but I'm afraid he's not a good prospect either. He wants only the motor itself, - no sidecar. Went to the P.O. for mail and stamps. Ruth got it all, several letters & Christmas cards. We went to town for dinner. Ate at the Aquarium again, but were somewhat disappointed. The American trade seems to be gone.
[[left margin]] XII -16-36 [[/left margin]] Got my riding breeches from the dyers. They seem to be allright. Rode out through Bayamon to the highway bridge near Toa Alta.
[[underlined]] Station 345 [[/underlined]]
Same as station 45 (volume II); a pasture along the Rio Plata just below Toa Alta. From dung and manure took 733 Staphs ([[underlined]] Oxytelus [[/underlined]]- 553, Paederinae - 5 and 7, Xantholininae - 3 and 4 and 2, [[underlined] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 56, Aleorharinae - 103), 1 Carabid, 113 Sphaeridiinae, 5 Histerids, 18 [[underlined] Aphodius [[/underlined]],
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19 1/3 mm. beetles, and 64 other coleoptera. There were several species of [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] and several of the Aleocharinae. Three of the Xantholininae were the very large ones found here before.
This place is 24 kilometers west of San Juan. It seemed like a long hard ride. I must be very much out of practice. As Mayaguay is about 180 kil., I'll have to get some practice before I take that trip [[strikethrough]] h [[/strikethrough]].
Felt rather tired in the afternoon, especially after counting the catch. After tea, I took the etching for our Christmas cards from the engravers to the printers. I worked some on a projected bookplate (taking advantage of the low cast of etchings here). This company will make half-tones for the same price as line cuts.
We had dinner here at the Miramar Tavern.
[[left margin]] XII-17-36 [[/left margin]] We went out through Bayamon, turned south, passed towns of Naranjito and Comerio, but turned east through Cidra, to Caguas, and back home through Rio Piedras. This road from Bayamon nearly to Cidra is one of the most scenic I've seen in the island. It is real mountain country with a good paved road and fine vegetation. I found only one place to collect.