W. H. Edwards 



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Jan. 28. First went into town 

 to get some money changed into 

 English and to make a few pur- 

 chases. Ordered a light suit 

 for social purposes, was meas- 

 ured and will have my first fit- 

 ting tomorrow. Also bought a 

 Wostenholm IXL pocket knife, a 

 helmet and a dozen pony glasses 

 for traps. Next we ran up to 

 Hope Gardens where we collected 

 a few spiders and other things. 

 Sweeping didn*t seem very good, 

 everything too dry. So we went 

 over to the Entomologists Office 

 to meet Mr W. H. Edwards. He has 

 a single large room on the main 

 floor of the building and perhaps 

 some space on the floor above. 

 Very little equipment and one 

 assistant, a Mr Dixon. Edwards 

 was the Government Entomologist 

 on Mauritius before he came to 

 Jamaica, apparently to follow 

 C. C# Gowdey. Edwards proved to 

 be very pleasant and promised as 

 much help as he would be allowed to give. He then took us 

 in to meet the Director of Agriculture. The Director is cer- 

 tainly the original Pain-in-the-lleck. He stood up to re- 

 ceive us (quite properly but he didn*t need to be so formal 

 about it) and hoped that we would have a pleasant and profit- 

 able sojourn on the island; that we would realize that his 

 men were very busy 

 and should not be 

 disturbed too much 

 We assured him 

 that we did not 

 wish to be bother- 

 some and would not 

 ask for any favors 

 except in case of 

 dire necessity. We 

 left and when we 

 got outside, Edwards 

 apologised for the 

 old fool and said 

 he would help us all 

 that he possibly 

 could. He then in- 

 vited us to take 

 cocktails at his 

 home the following 



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