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foundry which had been in operation now since about two years, financed by [[red underline]] Belgian [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Chilean [[/red underline]] capital. Drove in a Ford to the outskirts of city along some dusty roads, and electric car line. He [[red underline]] casts steel from old scrap [[/red underline]] gets his [[red underline]] electrodes [[/red underline]] from [[red underline]] Acheson: [[/red underline]] I invited him for lunch in Santiago then at 1 P.M got aboard the train which is rather crowded. At [[red underline]] Til-Til and Llai Llai [[/red underline]] women [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] in clean white blouses offer figs, grapes, peaches and prickly pear for sale all of excellent quality. A big bunch of grapes is sold for 20 centavos which is about 8 cents
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American. Long delays in the stops. [[strikethrough]] fish boy [[/strikethrough]] rather rude and aggressive young boys handle the baggage as porter and ply a brisk trade At [[red underline]] Llai-Llai [[/red underline]] we have to change for [[red underline]] Los Andes. [[/red underline]] Noisy hot place, and passengers from Valparaiso etc. arrive here and crowd every nook and corner with hand baggage. [[strikethrough]] so that the ride is [[/strikethrough]] But an [[red underline]] obliging Chilean who has been in U.S. [[/red underline]] offers me his seat near window so as to see interesting landscape of the Andes. [[red underline]] Gauchos on horseback [[/red underline]] with their [[red underline]] ponchos [[/red underline]] over their [[strikethrough]] heas [[/strikethrough]] shoulders and ^[[big]] silver spurs and outlandish looking saddle are seen now and then. The massive curves of the [[red underline]] bridges always in sight. [[/red underline]] The flat culti-