very adequate. Food is good but very different. We
 can hardly get ourselves to drink Haitian coffee. The
 variety of dishes has been excellent. We have espe-
 cially enjoyed the avacados. Have had mangos and
 papayas and pineapple locally grown. Last night had
 delicious steaks.
Oct. 9-Election day is over-with lots of activity. All
 day long crowds were gathered all over the city in
 political frenzy for CoL Paul E. Magloire, who is
 certain to be elected. Haven't even heard the other
 candidate's name. Magloire was the head of the junta
 government that ran the country from last May until
 this first popular election for a president.
 Saturday evening I visited the Methodist mis-
 sionary and his wife to get the book on learning Creole
 which he wrote. Drove through town where we saw
 long lines of men standing in the rain to vote.
 This morning I had another conference with Mr.
 E---. He has worked with terrific odds against him.
 He is a very exceptional man, and he does have his
 faults, and he is a Haitian-but I am sure he will
 develop into the best type of native leader. We are
 very much encouraged.
Oct. 11-We are (scratch, scratch!) both fine (scratch,
 scratch!) except for the mosquito (scratch, scratch!)
 bites. The old-timers say that they (the mosquitoes)
 are just here for a short time-which must be true,
 because almost none of the houses have screens or
 glass windows-just a hole in the wall, plain or with
 lattice or grill work.
 We feel so funny when we have labored to make
 ourselves understood in our 10-word (or more)
 French vocabulary and the person to whom we are
 speaking answers us in English! We are studying a
 book on Creole by a Methodist missionary, so soon
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