HARVARD UNIVERSITY 
THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES 
16 DIVINITY AVENUE 
CAMBRIDGE 38. MASSACHUSETTS 
Diary of Dr. H. A, Hicholls of Dominica, B.W.I. 
Contents: a report-diary of excursions through 
Lesser Antilles from Tobago to Dominica on a survey 
of the prevalence of yaws. Dr. Nicholl’s speciality 
Includes comments on the customs, botany, zoology 
and history of the area by this naturalist. 
Dr. Nicholl(s is credited with the discovery of 
the cB oiling Lake in Dominica ; has a mountain and 
a parrot named for him. He was a correspondent 
of the botanists and gardeners of the area and 
supplied stock for the replanting of the St. 
Vincent botanical garden when it was reactivated. 
He should be given credit for introducing many 
of the ornamentals now common in the Windward 
Islands. He was on the regular distribution list 
for seeds and plants from Kew. 
Diary is a gift of his daughter. Miss Magie Nicholl 
R. A. Howard 1951 
