22 - 
April 14 continued 
fa the sfiln ridge of the island, called tlkt Barra da L'Xsle. da the «ey we passed 
*» where a whole village ted boon covered by a land slide in 1936, killim 
over 300 people. The 
40 days. 
Him we reached the 
is called Ravine Poisson. It ted rained every day £or 
©i the ridge. We walked 
da L'lele, we found » trace f el lowing along the crest 
it for about % stile® in a southerly direction. We 
collected several butterflies along the highway and trace} Bandy used the not 
of the time. I found mosquito larvae only in one Bromelted @1 a doaen sauwiaed. 
Insects were dug fro® several rotten logs, 1 also collected a vary Interesting 
grasshopper. Coedr. Milboume me interested in collecting native orchids for his 
garden. Cowan cut down a nail tre© 
were several orchids growing free a 
grass* 
ware 
®ass of root- like structure®. M they were cuttles this off, a 
hopper with orchid eyas and orchid and green wiags juaspad out. 
3-4 tines leaser than the body . 
**® d ««t« a loach prior to collecting on the trees, When we returned altar 
tJis hilt® on the trace, Cowan set about collecting a aesaple of fruit fro® a tree of 
m 
ones 
The 
y*m 
fruits of 
tree 
black and red and about 
climbed 
twice the site of our kidney been#. Sot finding * smaller specimen, 
up on a hill along the road and cut off a large Umb over hanging the road. Knowing 
ttmt the breach would fall on the road, we watched for traffic to prevent the limb 
fr« felling ©a a vehicle. Just as it foil a 
fro® Castries came around 
the corner end ted trouble getting stopped as the limb er&shod. Kb worked like 
beaver® for & while chopping up the limb to clear the toad. Afterwords l picked up 
a hag of the beans to take home. Tim bean® are. used by the native® to sake jewelry. 
