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had been neglected* In the afternoon we went back 

 to Pan American Airways and still they are not ready 

 to make the refund on Dick f s tickets. We finally 

 drove out to the airport and Dick talked with some 

 of the officials there. He was given assurances that 

 the matter would be adjusted in time for him to take 

 up his reservation on the United Fruit boat. Then 

 we ran out onto the Palisadoes for a short distance. 

 This is the point of land which forms the outer boun- 

 dary of Kingston harbor and at the end of which is the 

 town of Port Royal. The original Port Royal, destroyed 

 by the earthquake of 1698, stood on a site now under 

 water. On the way back to town we dropped into the 

 United Fruit to make sure that our boat reservations 

 were all right. In the evening we saw a very poor 

 movie "Murder on the Bridal Path 11 . 



Mar. 4. Spent the day getting some photographs that we 

 felt we needed for our records. Ran out the Spanish 

 Town road nearly to Ferry river where we found a ter- 

 mitarium in a good place for photographing. (See page 

 28). Nearby we found a dead dog and from under it 

 took a series of Creophilus and Opatrinus, both genera 

 new to our Jamaica collecting. Then after lunch we 

 went back to Hope Gardens for photos and to see Mr. 

 Edwards. He gave me a set of maps of the Kingston 

 District which are very detailed. There should be 

 four in the set but one was either out of print or 

 had not been prepared. We also arranged to get a 

 gallon of alcohol from him. Took photographs of 

 Dick collecting in dung (see next page) and of some 

 of the buildings. Then we went back down town and 

 paid for the car, again got no satisfaction from Pan 

 American, bought icecream for tea and did some other 

 errands. After dinner or rather tea, we packed the 

 trunk and paid a duty call on some friends of some 

 one in the Pan American Union. The name was Bravo 

 and we were very welcome. We stayed only a short 

 time and then went back to early bed. 



Mar. 5. Spent the day packing and doing errands. Dick 

 arranged to have the tank (still missing) delivered 

 from the Horn Line to the Jamaica Auto Association 

 and to have Marjorie notified of its arrival, bought 

 a few gifts, mostly Wedgwood and ivory. We also col- 

 lected the refund from Pan American Airways and got 

 the gallon of alcohol from Edwards. At six we went to 

 Edwards 1 home for cocktails and met several people. 

 One of the guests was A. W. Jobbins Pomeroy, once with 

 the U S D A and later with the British government in 

 Africa. He is now retired and lives in Jamaica. He 



