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Lost my way several times finally located him [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in his [[underlined in red]] palace like house [[/underlined in red]] built solidly in gray stone looks more like a club than a dwelling for a single man. Has [[underlined in red]] thousands [[/underlined in red]] of [[underlined in red]] acres [[/underlined in red]] around. Splendid situation. His nephew a physician, who is also his secretary was there together with two Serbian delegates from Johnstown Pa who had come to consult him. We all had lunch together. Afterwards [[underlined in red]] Pupin [[/underlined in red]] took me for a walk to houses of [[underlined in red]] Walcott [[/underlined in red]] of the firm of Bonright & Co. bankers. who has been very active in [[underlined in red]] Belgian [[/underlined in red]] and [[underlined in red]] Polish [[/underlined in red]] relief work. He tells me he has just succeeded in making arrangements with 
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the [[underlined in red]] dutch ships now kept back in our harbor, for the transportation of enough grain to feed Belgium for a month. [[/underlined in red]]
Met also there his uncle [[underlined in red]] Dr. Welch [[/underlined in red]] of John's Hopkins the famous bacteriologist. 
Stayed overnight at [[underlined in red]] Pupin [[/underlined in red]]
Sept 2. (Sunday) Warm sultry weather. Left [[strikethrough]] after breakfast [[/strikethrough]] ^[[before lunch]]. In trying to make short cut got lost on a narrow impassible mountain road, over Mount Canaan. Took me about one or two hours to get out, then got over [[underlined in red]] Millerton [[/underlined in red]] to Copake. (Lunch at Bash Bish Inn.) then further over Pawling got lost several times over detours. Arrived home late in evening. [[underlined in red]] 9 P.M. tired and hungry. Celine [[/underlined in red]] with her usual cheerfulness and kindness prepares me supper. Tells me [[underlined in red]] George [[/underlined in red]] seems very