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Feb* 27. In the morning we took the car to the garage 

 for minor repairs and a check up. Went around to 

 Nathan's and ordered another suit. As the bolt of 

 grey cloth was exhausted, I had to take light brown. 

 Y/hen I told Mrs. Wooler, she looked distressed at 

 first but said that as long as I didn f t wear brown 

 on the island it would be all right. Only people of 

 color wear brown or any shade thereof on Jamaica. 

 Also went for the mail and to Gick f s for films that 

 had been left for processing. They came out much 

 better than the first lot that he handled. Spent 

 tuppence to go home by tram. After lunch we took the 

 tram back to town and recovered the car. Drove out 

 to Hope Garden and found a freshly cut tree but there 

 were no beetles. It was too late to see Edwards so 

 we went back to the house and to bed early. 



Feb. 28. Took lunch and started for Bath (St. Thomas). 

 Stopped on the road to help a man who had tire trou- 

 ble. At Leith Hall, near Morant Bay, we stopped for 

 water coconuts. The accountant refused pay for them, 

 saying that the rats got half a million each year and 

 our few could go in with the rat 1 s allowance. Even 

 with the rat depredations, Leith Hall markets a mil- 

 lion a year. The accountant has been paralyzed for 

 thirty years, following an accident in the Panama 

 earthquake of 1907 while he was working on the canal. 

 We collected a bit in the vicinity and then pushed on 

 to the silk-cotton tree. Got more of the usual run 



Plantain Garden River at Bath (E.A.C.) 



of species and some lizards. Decided to go home by 



