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a deep valley between the ridge on which is Metallurgica and the Ouro Branco ridge. I got back about 6 and drank all the water in the filter. Then the kindly senhora filled a 3-foot basin with warm water for me in her bedroom and I had a bath and de-ticked myself. The bath and dinner refreshed me and I changed driers by candlelight, and put the day's collection in this morning at 6, leaving at 7:55 a.m. My hostess would not take pay for my keep, so I gave her my silver thimble (bought

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in Vienna) "para lembra me". I shall certainly remember her. I reached Bello Horizonte a little after noon. I wanted to get more money on my letter of credit before going west, there being no other branch of Banco do Brasil till Uberaba. The Rolfs reach here [[strikethrough] th [[/strikethrough]] tonight, to spend Christmas with friends at Isabelle Hendrix school (where I stayed 5 years ago). I'm going to ask them to carry back pkgs 7 and 8, to go to Rio by Prof Muller, with 5 and 6 left

Transcription Notes:
"para lembra me" = to remember me