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him. I am sending the account of Caparaó trip, but you needn't wade through it unless you wish. As I glance over it it seems a wearisome account of hardships - I didn't mean it to be that but my many bruises and sores and itching remains of tick and flea bites seem to have guided my pen. Glad I had the trip anyway. It is annoying to be laid up with this foot, but I'm so tired all over I'm not as impatient as I should be otherwise.

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I saw Miss Rolfs the evening after I arrived. She had been down two days (That's the last time I had a shoe on.) Her friend, a teacher at Bennett College, is returning to U.S. in about 10 days.
I am going to send by her a little Russian linen dress that I think is about the right size for Aurelia. I'll address it to Mrs. Hitchcock. Miss Brandt, my landlady has quantities of lovely Russian work she [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] sells for her