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I got into a bit of weedy campo and got a few more things - nothing like so many as in the marsh. The next day. Dona Ligia, Senhor Esthon and I went horseback to Rio Dourados, 3 leagues (12 miles) to the south. We were to start early but Senhor Esthon (age 20, the Indian teacher) is also the dentist of the community, and a man came to have an aching stump extracted just as the horses were ready, so it was 9:30 when we got off. My saddle and stirrups were the worst implements