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42/ [[vertical annotation in left margin written in red]] Argentina [[/vertical annotation]] and healthy. [[red underline]] Young [[strikethrough]] na [[/strikethrough]] assertive ragamuffins handle baggage [[/red underline]] and carry pieces much bigger than seems possible for their size. Boys in tatters and barefooted also sell papers. [[strikethrough]] Large tracts of grazing land interspersed with [[/strikethrough]] no [[red underline]] Abundance of [[strikethrough]] wild [[/strikethrough]] wild ducks, cranes [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] herons and other wild birds [[/red underline]] around the ponds or lagunas [[overwritten]] The [[/overwritten]] A [[red underline]] gaucho [[/red underline]] is seen now and then, small brimmed hat and some kind of a shawl around his waist giving impression of short shirt over his trousers or boots. Silver worked belt on his waist [[end page]] [[start page]] 43 [[red underline]] Roads are soft, flat and dusty [[/red underline]] and are noticeable at a distance by every horse or cart which raises a column of dust Farm houses are [[strikethrough]] brick [[/strikethrough]] of grayish blackish looking brick [[red underline]] dirty in external appearance [[/red underline]] and probably still more so within. Around them are planted some poplar or other trees which constitute the only patches breaking the regular [[red underline]] monotonous horizontal skyline [[/red underline]] On some farms I notice [[red underline]] ostriches [[/red underline]] running around Nearing Buenos Ayres the farm houses stand somewhat nearer together The "Comedor" ^[[dining car]] of the train is much crowded now with every kind of Argentinos and the waiters become