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Morro Theresa here in Rio tomorrow. It rained all today and it took all day going to the various places (including bobber-shop). I'll get the packing done between times. Now I know I can handle loaded trunks I don't have to wait for the young Russian down stairs to stack them up for me - not that I enjoy lifting the awful things. [[paragraph symbol]] I had a letter from Mrs. Mexia among my mail. She is still at Viçosa. She said it was safe for [[underline]] me [[/underline]] to go into the swamps. I was too light to sink, - also that her skirts are getting so short she "looks like a ballet-dancer," being taken up by increasing girth. The