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93 [[in pencil]] April 1 1930 [[/in pencil]]
like saying amen. I guess I'm sore because Mesosetum ansatum and several other things described from Matto Grosso eluded me. There is much that is beautiful in M.G. With the car going at a pretty good rate, 20 km or more an hour, the insects couldn't keep up and I could enjoy the country. Toward the east side, yesterday's run, there are flat-topped serras, ^[[insert]] (chapadas) [[/insert]] some deeply eroded. One, seen across the deep valley [[vertical blue line in left margin]] suggested (much reduced) the wall of the Grand Canyon, the shadows deep blue, the sunlit parts red. Towards evening [[/blue line]]