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Mr. and Mrs* Edwards called for me and we started for 

 an overnight trip to the north shore. As we passed 

 through Spanish Town I noticed that the King's House 

 seemed to be rebuilt but later I learned that only the 

 front wall and portico had been replaced. The repaired 

 building is not nearly as picturesque as the ruins were 

 but the change was probably necessary in order to pre- 

 serve what was left. At Linstead we left the main road 

 to visit a place that was infested with duck-ants. We 

 found that a shed where box shakes were stored was well 

 overrun with Nasutitermes (later identified as N. c o sta- 

 lls ). The colony had gained entrance beneath the sill * • 

 in the far corner and there was no carton nest to be 

 seen any where around. Then back on the main road, through 

 Ewarton, to Moneague. Here we turned off to stop at the 

 Moneague Hotel for a talk with the Commissioner of Edu- 

 cation. After leaving the hotel we made no further stops 

 until we reached Runaway Bay and Eaton Hall. We regis- 

 tered and were assigned to rooms and immediately prepared 

 for a swim. The water on the north shore is distinctly 

 colder than that on the south and was really invigorating. 

 After our swim we had beers around, then dinner and to 

 bed early. 



April 27. Up at 6.30 for an early swim. The Edwards were 

 to meet me in the water but they slept over and I paddled 

 around the cove for an hour before I saw either of them. 

 Then breakfast and afterwards I went out on the rocks to 

 collect. Some ants and a sample of marine gastropods 

 were all that I could find. Paid our bills (mine was 

 twelve shillings and one and six for tips) and left for 

 Seville, now a large coconut walk but originally the site 

 of the first Roman Catholic cathedral (1505). The foun- 

 dations have been cleared and in the center of the floor 

 there is hole about six feet across and ten feet deep, 

 carefull walled with brick, from which a passage leads 

 away to the west. In this passage were found a dozen 

 pieces of very beautifully carved stone, probably the 

 remains of the altar. One piece has the coat-of-arms 

 of the Bishop of Seville, the others are mostly angels 

 and cherubims. No attempt has been made to explore the 

 passage 1 These stones are now in a shed near Seville 

 house but it is hoped that the owner will see fit to put 

 them in the Institute. On the way out of the estate we 

 collected a sample of the duck-ants that are ruining the 

 few canes that Seville grows. The infestation is not a 

 new one, if the old records can be interpreted to mean 

 "white ants" when they read f, ants ,f . Very early Seville 

 was abandoned by the Spaniards because of a plague of 

 fl ants ff and the whole district was known as the "ants nest". 

 Coconuts seem to get along all right but no quantity of 



