Monrovia, Liberia

June 10, 1934

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I just got down from the plantation, Du. Had dinner and now, right after dinner, at a quarter of nine I am ready for bed.

My steward has been given the washing for tomorrow and I have received an accounting on the money which I had given him for mess purposes.

I wish I could send some of this labor home but I suppose no one would consider it worthwhile because things done by ourselves are done so much better.

I went up to the Du with the Doctor to make his weekly visit. He had his gun along and in the plantation he shot a couple of guinea fowls and late in the evening when a couple of the men went hunting, they got two bush cats and shot at two deer which hide in the bushes in the dark. It is cool here, a woolen blanket at night feels darned comfortable and some days a conventional suit is appropriate.

The other day we had a public hanging but I did not feel inquisitive enough to go. It was one of the experiences that I felt I could miss. I suppose I will go to one some time within the two years.

June 12, 1934

I bought the best-looking country cloth yesterday. It is large, perhaps seven by fourteen, and beautiful. It is made in strips and then...