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call. A nice visit with Marjorie and Joan. Joan is 

 secretary to one of the company officials and fits my 

 conception of a dizzy blonde. Ineidently, Marjorie 

 nearly married Joan f s father last year* 



May 17. Slept until 7.30. Breakfast. I don't think that 

 I can go on drinking the water. It is boiled over an 

 open fire of logwood and it absorbs odors (very bad ones) 

 from the decayed spots on the wood. Lime juice covers it 

 fairly well so I will try to get limeade instead of plain 

 boiled water. Spent the morning in the pasture back of 

 Windsor. Not much to collect; Nasutitermes abundant and 

 several species of ants. Badly stung by Solenopsis. 

 Rained in the afternoon and my hand swelled so that I 

 couldn't use it. Tfent over to Frome for tea and we had 

 a fine time taking the medical situation on the island 

 to pieces. I told her of Corita's death and she told me 

 that it was not at all unusual, citing similar cases from 

 among her onm friends. No matter how well trained and en- 

 thusiastic a young medico is when he comes from England, 

 in a couple of years he has settled back into a rut of 

 complacency and indifference. "Fatty degeneration of the 

 brain and sheer laziness" is her explanation of the situa- 

 tion. Joan and George (one of the bachelor Company officials; 

 left for a dance after dinner and Marjorie and I continued 

 our discussion of social conditions until 10, when I left. 



May 18. Weather was perfect and with a basket of lunch pre- 

 pared at Frome, we started for the north shore for a swim. 

 First to Lucea and then on nearly to Green Island. Few 

 beaches and the good ones thickly populated with blacks 

 minus bathing suits. Turned back and drove to Mont ego Bay 

 and on to Falmouth where we ate lunch. Decided to go to 

 Eaton Hall for our swim and reached there at 2.15. Spoke 

 for dinner to be served at 5 and went into the water. 

 North shore is perfect swimming water, not too hot and not 

 at all cold. Luxuriated for a couple of hours, dressed, 

 dined and started for Frome at about 6.15 and reached there 

 at 9.30. Stopped for a glass of sherry and discovered that 

 P. A. Bovell, Jim and a friend had called on Marjorie that 

 day. Mrs. Bovell knew our plans and she tried to stop F. A. 

 but without success. Collected a series of E)yseinetus on 

 the porch under the light. Left at 10 for Windsor. 



May 19. Took lunch and started for Kegril Point with admoni- 

 tions to look at and admire Negri 1 Beach. Country very 

 poor for collecting, flat, dry and given over to logwood. 

 Took series of Solenopsis (without getting stung) and of 

 Nasutitermes. The colony of Solenopsis was living in an 

 abandoned termitarium of Nasutitermes, built near the 

 ground. Back to Sheffield, giving a lift to a black who 



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