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early dinner. In the afternoon we went out to look 

 for the old works, supposed to be somewhere on the 

 estate but we missed them. We did get more bruchids 

 and also found a sink that hed filled with water so 

 that there was a permanent pool. After tea, went 

 back to Mandeville with two tires that had deflated. 

 We then put up the net and drove back to Kensworth 

 by way of Williamsfield, Porus, Toll Gate and Milk 

 River* Emptied the net at Toll Gate and again at 

 Kensworth. Took over a thousand staphylinids from 

 the net at Toll Gate. Stopped just before we reached 

 Kensworth to chase fireflies; we took at least three 

 species. 



Feb. 24. After waiting for breakfast, we took lunch and 



Silk-cotton tree, showing buttress base. 



Then we really started by Spur Tree Hill, Lacovia, 

 Santa Cruz and Black River. Blew another tire near 

 Middle Quarters, just before coming into Black River. 

 So we had to stop at Black River to have that otie 

 fixed. Off again, following the shore road toward 

 Savanna -La-Mar. About five miles out we came to a 

 small and rather muddy pond. By laying a board that 

 we found on the mud "beach 11 we were able to crawl 

 out and collect from the weeds and from the surface 

 of the mud. Dick took some Stenus and other staphs 

 and I got good series of Coleome^illa cubensis Csy. 

 and a blue halticid, perhaps Disonycha. The owner 

 of the pond mistook us for poachers and sent his 

 servant in to expel us. It wasn't difficult to 

 pacify the owner, however. We ate lunch there and 



