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Florence, Italy). I hope it is only jealousy between Nac. Museu [[strikethrough]] i [[/strikethrough]] and Dept Agric (we know something of Nat. Mus. disagreeableness too!) and that Sampaio will let me at the Ule grasses. I doubt if he has Mez's names for them. [[* indication and line drawn around the next sentence. See reference on previous page]]. Besides, please have Miss Niles look in [[underlined]] type index [[/underlined]] for species checked in [[underlined]] red [[/underlined]] and give species Mez's name is referred to if not left valid [[/drawn line]]. 
I failed to bring franked envelopes - have but 2. If Miss Niles will mail me 10 or 15 for embassy mail it will save postage on

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big letters. I hope I shall find a letter from you at the consulate tomorrow. 
If it isn't pouring I'm going up Corcovado this afternoon. A gigantic bronze figure of the Christ (a copy, I [[underlined]] think [[/underlined]], of Christ of the Andes) is being erected at summit, and ascent is only allowed on Sunday (when work [[strikethrough]] men [[/strikethrough]] is [[strikethrough]] are [[/strikethrough]] not going on) at 2 p.m., but one train. It is always raining in Serra do Caparaó, we are told and Miss Rolfs and I found it so - so there in no use hoping for fair weather on our coming trip, but I do hope it isn't too