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[[left margin in red]] Rio Janeiro [[/left margin in red]]
the steam ship line - Munson - where a young man Lund [[red underline]] sold me a cabin [[/red underline]] on the boat for $835 + stamp taxes and 60 milries tax for the Brazilian Government. I had to act quickly to insure that the cabin should not be sold to another. then went to Grace & Co office (Manager [[red underline]] Victor Klinko) to inquire for mail - none. He tells me there is a steamer Justan of the Booth Line (an English Co) which sails for New York about 10-15 April Went to Wilson, agents for the line but all cabins are taken. They tell me however that if steamer comes in 

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they will give me a chance to see whether I can buy cabin of captain or one of the officers.
Tuesday March 30. I notice [[strikeout]] many [[/strikeout]] quite a number of people smoking [[red underline]] bakelite holder [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] and see them displayed in [[/red underline]] quite a [[red underline]] number of stores. Those of De Muth are not marked [[/red underline]] bakelite, on De Muths, cardboard display racks. Those of Kaufman Brothers ^[[KB&B]} are marked [[red underline]] "bakelite". [[/red underline]] The few holders of [[red underline]] De Muth [[/red underline]] that are sold in cases bear the name bakelight, [[red underline]] Avenida Rio Branco [[/red underline]] pleasant street [[red underline]] Splendid city [[/red underline]] everywhere clean and well kept. No smell. Everything very expensive in the stores and frequently of poor quality much worse in both respects