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[[underlined]] Monday, May 1. [[/underlined]]
  Labor Day & a holiday but Dugand was to be at Inst. in am. so I took yesterday's collection out by taxi & worked them up. In pm. watched beginning of Labor Day parade. Placards. Then a terrific storm broke, with hail.  Got under cover and watched the crowds take it. Another storm at night.

[[underlined]] Tues. May 2 [[/underlined]]
  Worked on [[Triana?]] Comps & got things ready for our trip tomorrow.  Met a Frenchman at the Inst. & his nephew, who had just returned from being with De Gaule's army in Africa & Italy. On way back to city another terrific rainstorm, which lasted most of night. In am. called at Embassy and had nice visit with Daniels.

[[underlined]] Wed. May 3. [[/underlined]]
  Left [[strikethrough]] Bar [[/strikethrough]] Bogota at 10 am for Apulo, arriving at 2:15.  Dr. & Mrs.
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Dugand, their sons Alberto & Roberto, Jaramillo, & I making up the part. Our Hotel Apulo a beautiful big, open place, with fine meals.  Lazed around in the afternoon getting acclimated to the hot weather.  Early to bed. Rained at night.

[[underlined]] Thurs. May 4 [[/underlined]]
  Up at 5:30 but didn't get thru breakfast till about 6:30.  Then D, J, & I, with a boy named Ignacio as [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] guide we went across the Apulo River and climbed ^ [[insertion]] ± east [[/insertion]] up from 455 m (Apulo) to about 600 m.  Roadside thickets but good collecting.  Got ± 80 numbers. Took pictures.  Back about 11 and after lunch spent some hours putting the stuff in press.  Most interesting things were Capparis of macrophylla. Early to bed.  Rained toward morning.

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