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5   April 1, 1930
run to Jatahy, so I shall take more time to botanize.  I have not stopped the car as often as I wanted to, only when I [[underlined]] saw [[/underlined]] something I wanted, not at promising places. It has rained in torrents and the roads are terrible. I counted on stopping on the way back, but if we must make such short runs I'll do a lot more walking. José says the country along the Araguaya is campo. It looks good I'll stop over a day there. The trip is costing like fury. I am concerned with the price of gasoline for the first time. The road tax is nearly $2 a day - I wonder