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[[margin, red pencil, written vertically]] Valparaiso [[/margin, red pencil, written vertically]]
not yet mastered the art of [[underlined in red]] working up "shoddy" [[/underlined in red]] or weaving - in cotton. Some very pretty villas, but all look rather bare for [[underlined in red]] lack of large trees [[/underlined in red]] and the flowers and palms are rather covered with dirt Drew [[underlined in red]] $100 [[/underlined in red]] at the bank this morning and received [[underlined in red]] 475 pesos. [[/underlined in red]] Chilean money. Am more and more astounded that so few people speak English and fewer less French.
Feb 22 (Sunday) Up early catch 7:40 A.M train for [[underlined in red]] Santiago. [[/underlined in red]] My trunks and valises were loaded upon a cart and driven to the station accompanied by the porter while I walked. There were but four persons in the Pullman car still [[underlined in red]] Ail - Ail [[/underlined in red]] (?) was
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reached which is the transfer station to the Trans Andean RR. Then a party of Americans came aboard. 
I notice everywhere, and also at [[underlined in red]] Vina del Mar [[/underlined in red]] that people here just [[underlined in red]] as in Europe [[/underlined in red]] always build high walls around their houses and gardens and often reinforce the top by means of barbed wire. The same cautions against burglars or trespassers in the stores etc of which the windows and [[underlined in red]] doors are protected by steel or wooden shutters. [[/underlined in red]] What a difference with our way of leaving everything exposed. Is it merely [[underlined in red]] another European custom [[/underlined in red]] or are people here so thievish? [[strikethrough]] Train follow us [[/strikethrough]] The cars are pleasant, very similar to our Northern Pullman's but