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Itatiaya is Government preserve and Dr. C-P goes there rather frequently, I think.  He assured me again that Pico da Itatiaya is the highest point in Brasil - I shan't dare to accept de Silveira's figures for Pico da Bandeira.

9:10 pm
Mrs. Mexia is here, after one last time of anxiety, not knowing for [[underlined]] sure [[/underlined]] where Villanger passengers were to land - I was told two different places.  She is very happy to be in Brazil at last and took the wretched mistake in cutting the paper good naturedly so I am greatly relieved.  The boat came in too late to get baggage off today and tomorrow is a holiday.  I left her passport at Embassy for Mr. Meyer to get baggage, but he may not be able to get it tomorrow.  We shall probably start our Caparaó trip Monday morning.

Sunday p.m. -- Still raining, so I didn't go to Corcovado as I had planned.  Mrs. M's baggage came late last evening so we start Tuesday at 5:40 am.  We couldn't get our baggage down today (for the morning) except by paying enormously.  After getting Mrs. M's money arrangements made yesterday morning, we went out to Jard Bot and saw Dona Maria.  Then it poured unexpectedly and we got soaked coming home.
I sent [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] package 2 from the Consulate yesterday.  I received several letters one from 

Transcription Notes:
According to Wikipedia Alto Caparaó is a Brazilian municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.