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30 [[vertical notation in red in left margin]] Mendoza - Argentina [[/left margin]] maid brings the usual [[red underline]] cup of coffee [[/red underline]] in my room Afterwards went walking thru town. A beautiful square before hotel planted with Palm trees a statue of [[red underline]] San Martin [[/red underline]] in bronze and several good looking buildings Bank buildings around. The roads in the park are [[red underline]] paved with good cement tiles [[/red underline]] so that everything is kept spick and span and clean. Cement tiles also [[red underline]] on all [[red underline]] side-walks as in Santiago. This makes walking easy and permits to keep streets much cleaner than in Europe or the U.S. Earthquake [[/red underline]] destroyed the place in 1860 so all buildings one story and [[end page]] [[start page]] 31 built in consideration of reverence of [[red underline]] Earthquakes [[/red underline]] Went to Banco Nacional de Argentino. [[red underline]] One clerk [[/red underline]] was able to speak some [[red underline]] French [[/red underline]] in a rather hesitating manner. When I presented a traveler's check of my New York Bank of which they are the correspondents here, he [[red underline]] seemed at a loss what to do [[/red underline]] and called his colleague in consultation altho check was only for $20. They did not dare cash it. So I went to hotel for my letter of credit and asked [[red underline]] $30. [[/red underline]] Altho' that letter was for [[red underline]] $15000, [[/red underline]] there was still [[red underline]] the same hesitation [[/red underline]] They kept me waiting and waiting. At the [[red underline]] end of one hour I lost patience [[/red underline]] and went to continue