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The old doctor made the [[red underline]] mate [[/red underline]] in the bomba of silver, and showed me how to use the bombilla. Says it is an excellent drink. It tastes much like very sweet tea but of a somewhat stronger taste. See his paper on the subject. 
It is a [[red underline]] very popular drink all over the Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay. [[/red underline]]  At 8:30 [[red underline]] went on board the Steamer [[/red underline]] which took me to [[red underline]] Montevideo. [[/red underline]] The name of the Steamer is Venus, but [[red underline]] Venus smells much of onions of which there is quite [[/red underline]] a cargo on deck. Linen in the [[strikethrough]] rooms [[/strikethrough]]
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cabin and general outfit was clean, but [[red underline]] appliances were rather neglected. [[/red underline]] An [[red underline]] Uruguayan [[/red underline]] who told me he was son of an Italian but in everyway looked more like a healthy aggressive self reliant American business man of our West had the upper berth. [[red underline]] There is a sturdiness and general good physique of men around here that is quite striking. [[/red underline]] The women altho' rather self reliant seem most inclined to become stout.  Slender women are the exception. As a rule there are [[strikethrough]] little [[/strikethrough]] ^[[few]] sickly looking individuals. Did not sleep much the boat rolled endlessly. Got up early to see the