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[[red underline]] Javier Gandarillos [[/red underline]] who is the chief of the Bureau of mines here and occupies other important functions. He is a graduate engineer of the [[red underline]] University of Ghent [[/red underline]] (1893) a man with a pale face and intelligent look, dark hair and long dark beard. We talked about political conditions in U.S. and Europe, nitrate questions etc. He [[red underline]] had read [[/red underline]] my article in the [[red underline]] World's Works [[/red underline]]. Then invited [[red underline]] Diaz [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Verbruggen[[/red underline]] for lunch. To the bank to get money then my ticket for [[strikethrough]] Bunes [[/strikethrough]] Buenos Ayres. Exchange rates are about [[red underline]] 5 pesos for [[/red underline]] one American dollar. and as exchange rates on London are [[red underline]] much in favor of [[/red underline]] the [[red underline]] Dollar [[/red underline]] the whole price of the ticket payable 
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in British money is about [[red underline]] 1/3 less [[/red underline]] in American money about [[red underline]] $60 [[/red underline]] instead of formerly $90. Evening [[guess?]] [[red underline]] Verbruggen [[/red underline]] took me to his house for dinner. Pleasantly [[strikethrough]] thy [[/strikethrough]] situated near by in the country, pretty garden and directly accessible by means of electric car. Offered us a rabbit and partridges which he had shot on Sunday. He, his wife (who is from [[red underline]] Louvain) [[/red underline]] and two daughters all speak [[red underline]] english besides Spanish [[/red underline]] and French. They are [[red underline]] Belgians [[/red underline]] have been living here seven years.
March 1. [[overwritten]] 2 [[/overwritten]] Up early packing then [[red underline]] Caridoen [[/red underline]] who had been to see me in the U.s. when he wanted to purchase an electric foundry outfit came to take me to his