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to be found beneath the pods; they were either too green 

 or too dry. Jumped across a small stream into a citrus 

 grove where I took a few coccinellids by sweeping. Back 

 to town by way of Stony Hill and Constant Spring. Stopped 

 in at 5 Cargill Ave. for a very pleasant visit with Mrs. 

 Wooler, which included tea and later a scotch and soda. 

 Then back to Piccadilly Road for a bath and dinner. During 

 dinner the phone rang and Mrs. Bovell was on the other end. 

 She came over immediately and we went for a slow ride in 

 her Austin, ending at Watts for a Cocomalt. I am invited 

 to come to Mendez Pen at any time and to stay for as long 

 as I care to. Also I am to write to Kensworth and invite 

 myself for overnight when I go to Sav-La-Mar. Mrs. Bovell 

 thinks that I should put off the west end trip for awhile 

 because Marjorie may get a house and if she does that would 

 be more pleasant than a guest house. She also told me of 

 the bust up at Caymanas - P. A. was fired on six days notice. 

 He didn't tell her for two days, by which time he had made 

 such arrangements as he wished. He was to go to Derry with 

 Marjorie, the Savariaus were to be transferred to Kensworth 

 and Mrs. Bovell was to go to Mendez or any other place that 

 appealed to her (except Derry). The thought that Marjorie 

 would get a job of her own probably never entered his head. 

 But she did and he has been alone now for two years. We 

 parted company at 11 PM. 



April 26. Reached Hope at 9 AM and Edwards, Dixon and I started 

 out to inspect termite infestations. First to the freight 

 docks where both Coptotermes and Heterotermes are working in 

 the piling. While not confined to them, the outer piles 

 show a much greater tendency to infestation than those nearer 

 in shore. The location of the queen cell is in doubt; it 

 does not seem possible that it can be on land and connected 

 to the outer piles (nearly an eighth of a mile away) by tun- 

 nels. Next to the bonded warehouse of Wray and Nephews. 

 It is a long low building containine- about a million gallons 

 of rum, stored in vats holding 40,000 gallons eaoh. The 

 vats weigh about 25 tons a piece and are supported on a 

 trestle made of 10 x 10 timbers, which have been heavily 

 creosoted. These timbers are generally infested by Copto- 

 termes and the problem of eradication is a difficult one. 

 No poison may be used nor any insecticide with an odor that 

 might be absorbed by the rum. No plan of campaign has been 

 worked out yet. Then to the Low Temperature Station where 

 the original infestation of Coptotermes was found. There 

 was no sign of recent activity there and that colony is 

 probably completely killed out. Dixon has a "graveyard test" 

 area on the lawn near the Station and examined many of the 

 wood billets. Some of the hardwoods are showing immunity 

 to Heterotermes. Prom there back to Hope where I had left 

 my car and to Piccadilly Road for lunch. Just after 2 PM 



