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receives for his labor the sum of one shilling for 

 each hundred trees cut* He is also penalized for bad 

 bunches, if any. The carriers bring the bunches to 

 previously determined spots along the road where they 

 are washed by the women and loaded into trucks* Two 

 bunches at a time is considered a good load for a man 

 but I have seen three taken* Carriers get three shil- 

 lings a hundred bunches* The work is hard as it means 

 tramping through mud six or eight inches deep for fifty 

 yards or so with about 150 lbs balanced on the head. 

 We went back to the house for lunch and had a most 

 pleasant visit with Mrs Bovell and Marjorie* Left about 

 3 PM and drove to Kingston where I left a film pack for 

 development and had a fitting at Nathan 1 s. I was invited 

 to the Wooler*s for tea and in the evening we went to 

 the movies* The picture was a comedy 11 One Rainy After- 

 noon". Light but amusing. 



Pylons of an old Spanish bridge at Easington. 



Mar* 2. First went down town to do some errands* Dick is 

 still pursueing the tank supposed to come on the Howe 

 line boat. Nothing heard of it as yet. Then he went 

 to Pan American Airways to try to collect on his plane 

 ticket, Jamaica to Washington. They were not ready to 

 settle and we are a bit nervous. The reservation on 



