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near the Institute. I found the manatee out of the 

 tank and on a table under the windows of the library 

 where the readers would get all the smells. I made 

 the first incision as carefully as possible but the 

 gas pressure was very strong and I didn't quite get 

 out of the way. Bernard wanted to save the skeleton 

 so I cut carefully and eventually laid open the ab- 

 dominal cavity and cut away the diaphragm. The har- 

 poon had gone in much deeper than we thought, driving 

 through the lungs and into the abdominal cavity. The 

 liver and spleen had both disintegrated and the lungs 

 were completely collapsed. A general postmortem was 

 of course not possible but the stomach and the alimentary 

 tract were opened and examined. The stomach contained 

 a few nematodes, was otherwise empty. The small intes- 

 tine was unusually clean and contained only two nemas 

 that probably represented postmortem migration from the 

 stomach. The caeca were double, very short and clean. 

 The colon was heavily infested, as was to be expected, 

 with the amphistome fluke, Chi orchis fabaceus. While 

 I was in the midst of the mess, a very pleasant young 

 woman in a spandy clean white dress appeared and wanted 

 to help. Bernard introduced her as one of the science 

 teachers and believe me she was a glutton for knowledge 

 and no shirker of dirty work. She did her share til the 

 job was over at 12.50 and I am sure that she regretted 

 that the other animals in the zoo were all healthy. We 

 washed in formaldehyde but the smell stayed on my hands 

 for days. From the Institute I went to El Corte Ingles 

 for a suit and white pants. Then to lunch at Piccadilly 

 Road. Drove to Monde z Pen, arriving at about 3 PM. Mrs". 

 Bovell found an old pair of pants and a polo shirt that 

 belonged to Don. We walked over the property, getting 

 into some of the thickest tangles of thorn bushes and 

 high grass that I have seen on the island. The trees 

 are small, mostly logwood with quite a good new grouth 

 of lignum- vitae that lira Bovell is encouraging. By and 

 large, for a cattle pen it is free from ticks as I found 

 only one seed on me that night. There is good pasturage 

 and the place pays enough so that the mortgage is being 

 reduced regularly. Just at present everything was dry 

 and there was no collecting. We talked til seven when 

 I started back to Kingston. Got off the road at Span- 

 ish Town and saw all the back roads in the place before 

 I got back on the main road. Left main road at the 

 turn to Half Way Tree and so to Piccadilly Road. A good 

 dinner at eight and to bed early. Tomorrow Dixon and 

 I plan to do some termite inspection at the Institute 

 and elsewhere. 



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