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fashion. An American couple nearby, with a fat sour looking grumbling woman. both of whom I kept aloof. all others Brazilians. Limited baggage here. My porter was compelled to register 2 of the three [[strikethrough]] valises [[/strikethrough]] hand valises At first landscape much like some parts of Porto Rico. Small green grassy hills, [[strikethrough]] and the [[/strikethrough]] thru which the R. R winds. This succession of small conical hills is intertwined with small trees or other growths. bananas, plantain coffee trees, vegetables Altitude is about 1800 feet. The locomotives are Baldwin. Papaya some ^ [[insert]] shaggy [[/insert]] [[underlined in red]] mountain palins[[guess]] [[/underlined in red]] then later some stately
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[[underlined in red]] Royal Palms [[/underlined in red]] of unusual height. Splendid and excellent [[underlined in red]] aquacates [[/underlined in red]] for sale at 100 Reis each. [[strikethrough]] also [[/strikethrough]] Papaya trees. The [[underlined in red]] Ant hills [[/underlined in red]] here are even bigger than in the Argentinean or Urugayan prairies. Bunches of bamboos are numerous. [[underlined in red]] Huts [[/underlined in red]] have [[strikethrough]] woven b [[/strikethrough]] network of flexible sticks plastered over with clay and [[underlined in red]] roof [[/underlined in red]] made of [[underlined in red]] palin leaves [[/underlined in red]] or bull rushes Note also sugar cane fields here and there, cattle and horses grazing. On both sides in the distance is a mountain range; Here as in all the other Latin countries I have visited, except Chile there are numerous vendors for [[underlined in red]] lottery tickets, [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] an [[strikethrough]] which everywhere seems a national institution to