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returns to come in so the "revolution" isn't likely to start for some time after election. It may go off half-cocked, however. All the men here wear cartridge belts and pistols. We passed 2 trucks of soldiers going south as we came [[left margin, blue vertical line]] north yesterday. It looks as if the "government" is piling up dynamite to be set off. [[/left margin, blue vertical line]]
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In spite of rain, mud and all the rest I enjoyed the trip south. It was thrilling to see emus and other strange birds.  The
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emus were mostly in small groups, often with the cattle.  Once we saw 19 (Mr. Maxwell's count, I was too excited to count), 2 hens and the rest "little" chickens only about two feet tall.  The ceriema was less common and I had seen it before. Hawks were many, the great hawk, gaveão, nearly as big as an ospry, perches on termite nests. I saw small owls several times, one by a burrow, but the others on low trees or fence posts. The quero-quero
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Seriema, Galvao hawk