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[[preprinted]] 62 [[/preprinted]] Puerto Rico 20. 

Just west of Quebradillas the road dips down suddnely into the canyon of the Guajataca River. It then follwos up a side canyon where the engineers did a beautiful bit of roadwork.  Instead of blasting out a roadway on one side of the narrow gully, they built the road up the center of it, dividing the stream (if and when) into two parts, with the road built up on concrete sidewalls.  It would be fatal to run off the edge, but the scenery is very tropical and unusual.  This is the place of which Wolcott told me, - it is supposed to be particularly fine collecting. 

When I reached Mayaquez.  I went to Oakley's office at the Exp. Station.  He was there, and rather surprised to see me.  He took me over to Danforth's, where I stayed about two hours.  Danforth is having trouble with boats too.  The S. S. Baralt is not yet licensed at American ports.  He is going to Sada, Guadeloupe and its dependencies (Desirade, Petite Terre, Marie Galante, Les Saintes), St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Bequia, Cannouan, Mayaro, Union, Balliceaux, Bettowia, Mustique), and perhaps Barbados and others incidentally.  Also Montserrat.  He expects to be gone about seven months in all. 

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Danforth has a small menagerie in his house and garden.  He has a pet monkey from St. Kitts, a small parrot from Cuba, a tame mongoose from P.R., turtles from Barbuda, Canada, etc., etc.  He showed me a copy of his latest book on the birds of P.R., all in Spanish.  He said he had recently received my [[underline]] Tachyporus [[/underline]] paper from the Museum.  

Oakley then took me up to his place to get some lunch.  Mrs. Oakley was there, said she had received both our Christmas cards (1935 and 1936), and regretted that Ruth hadn't come with me. She asked me to invite her to come over and stay several days with them.  

Oakley told me of a place near San Antonia at the northwest corner of the island were there is a small deposit of what he calls "peat." He said it was alive with Staphs when he was there last, and he gave me three vials of Staphs (3spp., 27+15+20) from there.  (Danforth says the place is brackish or slat, therefore can't be peat.) Oakley also says he has sent in quite a few Staphs since I was here.  Ed has returned identifications of some. 

Both Oakley and Danforth suggested that I come back for several days, and they would take me out collecting.  We could stay at the Oakleys'.