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me dancing a jig while I changed driers or put plants in press at night. Then I went to bed under the mosquito net, no matter how early it was. These mosquitoes are only bad at night - they are at me now a little, but it is dark and rainy. ¶ The Maxwells say every one is excited over the coming election. Mr. Hunnicutt advised me to be back in Rio the first of May, when the Senate meets, for the senate declares the result of the election and confirms the chosen president. Mr. Hunnicutt says the south is ripe for another "revolution" (They call these ructions "revolutions", while we only call outbreaks revolutions if they succeed.) What I saw of the "revolution" in 1924, as I was leaving for Pernambuco, made me think them harmless, but I've learned the 1924 revolution wasn't as harmless as I'd supposed. The Kolbs had recently moved into their new home (the house where I stayed with them). The two factions of soldiers were firing across this new part of town at each other. All the people got out in a hurry. When they returned a few days later they found the soldiers had broken open the house and looted everything - dishes, linen, [[underlined]] everything [[/underlined]], furniture and all and left the house