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[[in pencil]] 17-Nov 5,1929 [[/pencil]]

draggled. ¶ Dona Maria told me the last pkg of grasses we sent had been opened at customs and obviously mixed up. She left them for me to straighten. She said pkgs for the Jardin had never been opened before, but there has been much smuggling of silk and customs officials are getting "very bad" - like our prohibition officers who make a show by attacking small fry and letting the privileged bootleg as they please, I suppose. I am