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hopes went up, then down again as red clay, more or less sandy returned and even the sandy ground about Rio Ortega had but little new.  And the region became more and more grazed and weedy.  There is a Sta Rita do Araguaya about 3 miles south on [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] Goyaz side of river-utter desolation all about.  Jose had said the country at Araguaya was campos. [[pilcrow]] [[symbol for new paragraph]] When we reached here and I got all my presses and supplies out I found that the pkg of [[underline]] dried [[/underline]] plants had got wet.  They must have been splashed , for things below them were not wet.  I put

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pilcrow - new for me!