David LeRoy Topping notebook, 1904-1940
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Fri. Dec. 3 I was awake early and up before daylight, had my tea and work in my balcony; furred a little with plants, had breakfast at 7.30 and took the 8 o'clock train to Victoria Barnes, walked by the new course and collected a lot of the Blechnum in the swamp and then around through the rubber plantations and saw the sap (latex) running, then came around by Mr. Roberts house which was shut up, ran to catch a train and then found I was an hour off in looking at my watch Got home never after ten, put some plants out in the sun & then had my cup of crackers and milk. After tiffin I went down the sea shore after a Lindraya and found a little fern, a something like a Lepidodendron. Put my plants in press before tea. Had some heavy rains in the P.M. The Mission School teacher brought back two films with 11 failures. Wrote a little more in my letter to the Chaplain, Wrote up my sister and then to lid, a very tired individual.