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[[preprinted]] 64 [[/preprinted]] Puerto Rico 22.

The large Scarab which Oakley picked up in the path the day we collected near Yanco (page 11, vol. II) last year has since been determined by Ed as a new species of [[underline]] Heterogomphus.[[/underline]]

I didn't manage to get away until 4:30, so I tried to make extra good time to keep Ruth from worrying.  he sun set about 6 o'clock, and I had about two hours ride in the dark.  Made it again in just four hours.  I had brought over three Air Mail letters, so I had to go to town to mail them.   I was pretty tired, so went to bed right after dinner. 

About 1:30 A.M. we were awakened by someone violently trying to unlock our door which bolts on the inside.  I got up and received the apologies of a somewhat inebriated couple who couldn't find the right apartment! 

Danforth told me of a Mr. Smyth in the Insular dept. of agriculture, who knows the collecting places and is a keen collector.  He think he would be glad to take me out to El Yunque.  He lives next door to us, but won't be back from the States till January 3rd.

Oakley has just received notice of transfer to Guam.  he expects to leave in March.

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XII-27-36 My muscles were much too sore today to do much.  Ruth has something wrong with her stomach, so I "cooked" lunch and dinner.  In the morning I brought this journal up to date, and in the afternoon I read and played cribbage with Ruth. 

Just after tea, and for two hours, we had a hard thundershower.  Our room leaks badly, and we had to pull one bed into th middle of the room.  Will sleep that way tonight, just in case!  Today was Sunday. 

XI-28-36 went to town in the morning [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] in spite of the rain to find out about our passage to Jamaica.  At the Secion de Truism of the Insular Government I found a good Tourist Bureau in charge of Mr. F. J. Richardson.  He was able to tell me that the SS Kungsholon, a large tourist steamer, is passing here on January 10th and will stop at Jamaica (after Trinidad, La Guaira, Curacao, and Cristobal).  He gave me some descriptive folders on Puerto Rico and several maps.  He also made arrangements for a car to take us to El Yunque for a whole day for $12.  I then went to Behn Bors., the agents for the Kungsholin, and oufnd that the fare for the 8-day trip is $130.  That is rather high, but it would be a swell trip and sort of a vacation as well.   

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Note: Name of boat is spelled differently on same page SS Kungsholon above and Kungsholin below