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This train undoubdetly is an improvement over that of the [[underlined in red]] Belgian "Auxiliarie" [[/underlined in red]] line. It is run by a French Company Its roadbed is excellent and is well kept up for nearly whole distance [[underlined in red]] Sleeping car is [[/underlined in red]] built by [[underlined in red]] American Car & Foundry [[/underlined in red]] Co. Wilmington Del. [[underlined in red]] Locomotive [[/underlined in red]] too is [[underlined in red]] American [[/underlined in red]] but car is narrow gauge. and I have an upper berth and knock my head against a too low ceiling. Pretty soon darkness of night is followed by dawn We are following a succession of rivers or same river? see map. There is a haze above the river which by and
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[[margin, red pencil, written vertically]]] Santa Catherina [[/underlined in red]]
by disappears and reveals the landscape. Several [[underlined in red]] polish settlements, [[/underlined in red]] and some [[underlined in red]] Italian [[/underlined in red]] settlements [[underlined in red]] Yerbe Mate' [[/underlined in red]] trees in the woods. Splendid [[strikethrough]] clima [[/strikethroigh]] temperature nice and cool and my light overcoat comes in handy. Altitude about 2000 feet. Good ballast on roadbed, no dust, [[underlined in red]] virgin forest [[/underlined in red]] continues except for now and then a patch of burnt off clearning where a colonist has planted some corn [[stirkethrough]] Shinms [[/strikethrough]] River seems shallow and of rocky bottom, once in a while a rapids [[underlined in red]] Soil is red [[/underlined in red]] and seems rich: Abundance of flat topped fine (Auer[[?]] Brasiliensis?). A large amount of tree-ferns