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when doña Paulina was there. We stayed until dark, then back to the hotel for dinner at 8. Varela had given me a bottle of strawberry liqueur and a bunch of huge red flowers for Clara. After dinner we walked with don Luis to the Parque de Jorge Isaacs, which is across the Río Cali from the hotel. The monument to Isaacs is a large pedestal base with a sculptured group of María, Efraín and his dog and a bust of Jorge above.

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[[caption]] Laboratory building at Palmira [[caption]]

Mar. 5. After breakfast, don Adriano gave us a box of milk and sugar candy "dulces de mi país" and don Luis gave Clara a copy of "El Alférez Real" by Eustaquio Palacios. Then we went for

[[image - black and white photograph of a field, rugged fence, trees, house, hills.]]
[[caption]] Hacienda Cañas Gordas [[caption]]

a sightseeing trip. Firts we drove out to see Cañas Gordas, the plantation where most of the Alférez Real story was laid. After several miles along a level unpaved road we stopped at a stile. Don Adriano waited there with Clara while Murillo, Otoya and I walked across the field halfway to the house. We