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[[in pencil]] Nov 19, 1929 [[/pencil]]

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[[strikethrough]] be [[/strikethrough]] to Jardin Botanico to plant. I hope they reached there in good condition. Then I started out again and collected one or two of every grass for Esp. Santo locality. O. samp. was the only [[underlined]] good [[/underlined]] thing except 2 specimens of Pasp. [[underlined]] I think [[/underlined]] is Döll's Panicum sesquiglume (aff langei etc). ¶ The caminhão left about [[strikethrough]] 6:30 [[/strikethrough]] 7 (it was due at 6) cost 150$ with all our baggage. The long ride to Santa Barbara de Caparaó was delightful, though terribly rough, through the hills with pale blue mountains in the distance. We followed mostly Rio de Caparaó, a beautiful stream with rapids and one large slanting water fall. Arriving at Sta Barbara about 11, the driver, to whom Sr Almeida had explained our object, explained to the storekeeper (also hotel keeper and chief man of the place). More talk by everyman in the place. [[underlined]] Impossible [[/underlined]] for senhoras, terribly hard for men. It would take many days. We said we were going to the Campo above the matta, if it took too long we would not go to the Pico de Bandeira. By dinner time (almoça I mean) he would see if he could arrange. The man was a Syrian and