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chairs, candlesticks and a painting by Vasquez. Downstairs, we went into one patio after another, some with vines or low hanging bushes, the last one overgrown with a thicket of trees and large shrubs; seven patios in all. Most of the parts of the house had two stories with rather high ceilings, one part had three lower stories.

Mar. 2. Went early to the photo shop for last film pack and then back to Casa Gómez to pack for the trip. Curuba was served in mid-morning for a send-off. We took a taxi to Avianca where we met the rest of the party. Beside Murillo and Otoya was Adriano Cabal, a young student of Gallego's at the Facultad de Agronomía. We took a bus to Techo and our plane left at 12.30, due in Medellín at 1.35. Trouble with the landing gear kept us in the air over Medellín until 2.20. The air was bumpy and for the last hour the plane was very hot; neither of us felt too well. We were met at the airport by Professor F. Luis Gallego and Dr. Carlos Garcés who took us in their car to the hotel Europa. We were settled in a huge room that could be divided into bedroom and sitting room by a curtain. Clara lay down on the bed to recover from plane sickness and I joined the others for a visit to the Facultad. I was shown over the building and introduced to many of the faculty and some of the students. From there we went to the Colegio de la Salle to meet Brother Daniel and to see his collection. They have a fair amount of material but nothing of special value and none with proper labels.
Meanwhile Clara had a cup of tea in the bedroom, felt better, dressed and took a taxi to the home of Señora Teresa Santamaría de Gonzalez, Calle 57, № 49-95 (it was quite near the hotel) and left her card and the letter from Dr. de Zulueta.

Mar. 3. We had breakfast with don Luis and then walked to Avianca to take up our reservations to Cali; we stopped on the way at the Edificio Nacional where don Luis sent a telegram to his wife. We returned to the hotel where we left Clara to wait to hear from Señora de Gonzalez while the rest of us went to the Facultad to commence work on the collection. I sat at the big table in Gallego's office with a microscope and an interpreter, Señor Bustamente, who had been in the States and spoke English fluently. Gallego would pick out the specimens that he wanted named and I would give the number of the specimen and as much of a determination as possible to Bustamente, who would write it down.
Came back to the hotel for lunch. We walked with don Luis to the Plaza Bolívar and the Catedral, which is brick