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[[preprinted]] 52 [[/preprinted]] Puerto Rico 10.
Coming down I paced the distance and found it to be 4800 paces (about 2 1/2 miles). I went to the Restaurant (El Yunque Tavern) for lunch, but found it rather expensive ($1.00). It took me about 1 1/2 hours to go up, and about 3/4 to come down.
As I started home I stopped at
[[underlined]] Station 349. [[/underlined]]
Luquillo forest at base of El Yunque, at elevation of about [[strikethrough]] 2000 [[/strikethrough]] 1500 feet; on main road. One blue Chrysomelid flying. And
[[underlined]] Station 350. [[/underlined]]
1/2 mile south of Mameyes, in Luquillo National Forest area. Fungus on a fence post yielded only one tiny Scolytid. E. about 200 feet.
On the way home I turned off to the north on a road which crosses the marshes and comes into San Juan near the Condado Hotel.
After tea I went to town to get the Christmas cards from the printers. Then to get the necessary stamps. The cards show a map of the West Indies (smaller islands exaggerated) with our route and a greeting "card."
When I got home I found that the printing was rather carelessly done, with numerous smudges and too little ink.
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[[left margin]] XII-19-36 [[/left margin]][[strikethrough]] Went to town e [[/strikethrough]] Spent the morning addressing and stamping Christmas cards, and took them down to the Post Office just before twelve. We sent about 130 of them. Twice as many as last year, and really more than necessary.
In the afternoon I began to have a light but sharp pain in my stomach-region. I had the same, one of the first nights in Puerto Rico. I went to dinner with Ruth at the Tavern, but ate little. During the evening I wasn't troubled, but I was awakened by the pain about 11 P.M. I lay on my back, and it gradually subsided, till I could sleep somewhat restlessly.
[[left margin]] XII-20-36 [[/left margin]] Had planned to ride to Mayaguez today, but thought better of it. Felt fairly good all morning, but had some pain all afternoon.
Finished cataloging the Walcott's Insectae Boringuensis. It has half a dozen Staphs not listed by Leg & Mutchler. I don't know whether they were in Walcott's Insectae Portoricensis.
Drew the map on page 55 from one of the Forest Service maps. I rather expect the red lines to be mostly concentrated in the east end, as it doesn't seem likely that I'll get across more than once, - and that time chiefly to see Danforth before he leaves for the other islands.