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station because the politicians had most of the taxis and it was best to grab one when it was available.  While waiting for the train to start, we collected on some rose-bushes that were growing beside the tracks.  The train was half an hour late leaving Valdivia and we lost another 40 minutes in Antilhue.  Reached Temuco about an hour late but as the hotel was adjoining the station we were able to get our room, leave our bags and get to the dining room in time for dinner.  After dinner we walked to the Plaza and back before bed.  No election returns in up to that time.

Mar. 5.  At 9.00 AM we went to the Escuela Práctica de Agricultura.  We were met by the Director, Sr. Oscar Muñoz M. and the Professor of Biology, Sr. Luis Picasso Stagno.  They were both very pleasant, though I came to like Picasso the better of the two.  The school is one of several in Chile that gives instruction to poorly prepared farmers and others in practical agriculture.  These schools are most like our Agricultural College Short Course.  

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[[caption]] Edwin Ihl C. [[caption]]

We were taken over the school to see the classrooms and laboratories and the dining room and kitchen.  I was introduced to Edwin Ihl, I.A. from Santiago, who was in charge of the work dealing with white grubs "gusanos de pasto".  He did not have an adequate laboratory nor library and had not been trained especially for this work.  He was intelligent and in time he will commence to get results.  At 12.30 we returned to the Director's office and were invited to lunch at the Faculty table.  The food was excellent and I was assured that we were having the same menu and food (except for the wine) that the students had.  We were to go to the Fundo Trianon in the afternoon and as there was a prospect of some collecting there, we went back to the hotel for our nets and bottles.  The school is to be removed from its present location to the Fundo.  Ihl joined us and we collected some white grubs as well as a centipede, a scorpion, two large and brilliant carabid beetles and other items.  We returned to town about 6.00 and were the guests of Muñoz at a swell restaurant for onces.  We looked like