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would have been glad to give more (that was the figure Jose [[strikethrough]] gave [[/strikethrough]] [[inserted]]suggested[[/inserted]]) but money would do nothing for them but buy tobacco. It is incomprehensible [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[blue pencil line to left]]why men who can work so hard (the same men that move like sloths usually) and intelligently together, do not build a bridge and roads and decent houses instead of living in such abject squalor. The oxen had been[[end blue line]] waiting hours on the other side and brought us over the bad place. We reached here about 4:30, too late to go on today. José has gone off on horse back - I [[underline]] hope [[/underline]] he has some project in mind looking toward finding gasoline somewhere. I've numbered the day's collection but can't put in driers until car is unloaded. I've taken a partial bath down at the river and