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head, occupy miles and miles of country. Senhor João of the mission is starting plantings of various things. Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass) is luxurious so is jaragua and alfalfa, [[insertion]] and peanuts [[/insertion]]. The Indians gather [[margin, vertical blue line]] mate (Paraguay tea) common to eastward. [[/margin, blue line]]

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7 p.m.

I waded a mile through the mud of this town to see Mrs. Maxwell and the baby who are with the Baptist missionary here. This missionary told me the boat for Corumba leaves tomorrow night, [[strikethrough]] meeting [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] connecting [[/insertion]] with train from here, then another in 4 days. I want a day or two at Pto Esperanca