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[[preprinted]] 50 [[/preprinted stamp]] Puerto Rico 8.
[[underlined]] Station 346. [[/underlined]]
About 10 kilometers south of Bayamon, on road to Naranjito junction. From dung along the river took only 4 [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]]. The edge of the stream yielded nothing, perhaps because it was soaking wet from recent rains.
In the afternoon rested from the rather strenuous 100 kil. (60 miles) of the morning. The road back from Caguas tempts speed and is therefore extra tiring.
 We started addressing the envelopes for the Christmas cards. Had all three meals at home. In the evening we went to the movies, but as the projection and sound reproduction were bad, it was rather tiring.
[[left margin]] XII-18-36 [[/left margin]] Started out in the direction of El Yunque, without any definite plans. As soon as I got out of town I could see that it was exceptionally clear over the mountains. So I decided to go to the peak and try to do a little collecting in the fine weather. Arrived at the trail about 10:30. Near the bottom found some fresh stumps with loose [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] chips.
[[underlined]] Station 347. [[/underlined]]
Virtually the same as sta. 58 (Volume II);
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El Yunque Peak, elevation 2000 feet, near the [[left margin]] A [[/left margin]] foot of the peak trail. From under wet chips on fresh stumps took 9 Staphs (Piestinae flat - 1, and Aleocharinae - 8, several species), 4 hemispherical beetles, [[left margin]] B [[/left margin]] and 1 myriapod. From under bark took 3 small beetles.
[[underlined]] Station 348. [[underlined]]
El Yunque Peak, elevation about 3100 feet, along [[left margin]] A [[/left margin]] the main trail. From under stones along a small stream took only 1 Aleocharniae and 1 [[left margin]] B [[/left margin]] small roach. [[strikethrough]] From [[/strikethrough]] In a clump of small fungi found [[strikethrough]] only 1 tiny Scolytid.[[/strikethrough]] (Sta. 350) no insects.
I followed the trail on up to the top of the peak, from which there is a magnificent view. The trail is very well made and well drained, and not steep. I noticed that the forest on the lower half of the climb is half and half some tall scraggly trees and wild palms, whereas on the upper half, there are only the palms, covered with hundreds of orchids. There are a few flowering plants, but I had no sweeping or beating net.
From the peak I could see El Toro, higher than El Yunque, St. Thomas, Vieques I., Culebra Il, San Juan, Caguas, and all the eastern end of the island. El Yunque is 3496 feet high.