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tourists in. At the last fork in the road, I turned left 

 to Port Maria instead of going on to Annotto Bay. I had 

 decided to collect along the shore road between Port Maria 

 and Runaway Bay and to stop at Eaton Hall to recover my pen. 

 Collecting was best at Dunn's River, so I stopped there 

 to eat lunch. Then on to Eaton Hall where I found my pen 

 waiting for me. At about 2.30 I started back, turning at 

 Ocho Rios. Near Lime Hall I picked up a colored physician 

 who was waiting for a bus to take him to Linstead. He was 

 pleasant and quite talkative, confining his remarks to the 

 war, its causes and effects, and the probable chance that 

 the U. S. A. would eventually take over Jamaica. He was 

 all for it. I said as little as possible but in general 

 agreed with his observations. In fact, most of the natives 

 that I have talked with feel strongly that the island would 

 be better off if attached to us. Store clerks in the stores 

 are very solicitous when they learn that I am from the U. S. 

 but that is of course front. It would be treason to say 

 anything that might in any way postpone our entry into the 

 war. The English say little about the possibility of the 

 secession of the island to the U. S. but I am sure that 

 they will all oppose it. After dropping him at Linstead, 

 I was immediately picked up by the police for inspection 

 of my driver's permit. This, I understand, is routine and 

 may happen at any time. Back in Half Way Tree without inci- 

 cents where I stopped at the Cooler's to say that I would 

 be in town next Sunday and would be pleased to go there for 

 tea and dinner. Then to Piccadilly Road for a bath. There 

 was a letter from Lucy waiting for me that had come from 

 South Hadley to Kingston in 28 hours. That seems to me to 

 be remarkably fast service. Bernard brought it from the 

 Institute and left word that we will go to Portland Ridge 

 on Saturday. Mrs. Dignum showed me a chair that was infest- 

 ed with Cryptoterme s brevis (Walk. ) and allowed me to cut 

 amy sufficient wood to get at the colony. I recovered a 

 series of workers and one soldier. The "crazy ants" fol- 

 lowed me right into the burrows and the next morning the 

 colony seemed completely destroyed. 



May 2. A light rain on the plain and could see heavy rains 

 in the hills. Went down to the Institute and found that 

 "Lady Nugent 's Journal" has been reprinted with extensive 

 notes by Frank Cundall and is available for seven and six 

 so I bought a copy. Also Lewis gave me a copy of "Mosquit- 

 oes of Jamaica" that I will turn in to the Division library 

 or give to Alan Stone. Sherlock and Lewis urged me to give 

 a talk some evening to the Institute's membership on any 

 subject that I might pick. I agreed to speak on "3iological 

 Control" but not until I have returned from Sav-La-Mar. Lack 

 of lantern slides will handicap me and it may not go well. 



