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he was 50, and collected many plants which he added to the plants of his hammock and wrote several books about the flora and plants of the region. In 1926 the Hurricane destroyed much of this hammock. He is now well in the 80's. The [[red underlined]] Fairchilds [[/red underlined]] joined me at my house in my simple supper of crackers cheese and [[strikethrough]] Ale [[/strikethrough]] home-made Ale. They are delightful people and I feel it a great privilege to have such neighbors.
[[underlined]] May 4. [[/underlined]] A fine rain squall during the night. Then in the morning a visit from [[red underlined]] Dr. Barbour and Allison Armour [[/red underlined]] who have just arrived in Miami in the Yacht [[red underlined]] "Utowana" of Armour after exploring for plants [[/red underlined]] and zoological specimens the [[red underlined]] Panama Region, Central America [[/red underlined]]
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coast. West coast of [[red underlined]] Mexico and Lower California. [[/red underlined]] Armour told me about his yachting experience also his dealings with [[red underlined]] Durant [[/red underlined]] in buying his first yacht [[red underlined]] Utowana [[/red underlined]] from him and how his yachts came to bear the name of our [[red underlined]] Utowana camp in the Adirondacks. [[/red underlined]] Joined them at the Fairchilds after supper.
At 7:15 P.M telephone from George in New York that he [[red underlined]] Rossi and Redman all had come to conclusion to decline the unfavorable offer of Barret [[/red underlined]] who after all is only the mouthpiece of his bosses who run the holding company of [[red underlined]] Union Carbide and who act there [[/red underlined]] as "Tin Gods". [[red underlined]] Barret [[/red underlined]] declined our counter offer [[red underlined]] "as friends and ready to take up this matter again eventually". [[/red underlined]] I told George he should keep in contact with [[red underlined]] Carveth [[/red underlined]] in connection