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cannot take place before end of month to inquire of Munson Line arrival of Steamer Callao and to address telegrams to Grace.
Went to late lunch in a [[red underline]] bustling restaurant [[/red underline]] in the [[Rua Moreir Cesar (comidor?) [[red underline]] where dishes were handled and served just as quickly as in a [[/red underline]] quick lunch down town business restaurant in New York [[strikethrough]] buy [[/strikethrough]] by a set of hustling waiters.
After that took an open motor car to drive along the water shore for two hours. [[red underline]] Avenida Atlantica. [[/red underline]] Blue ocean again very different in aspect from Pacific true blue. Surf on
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the beach. [[red underline]] Splendid Villas [[/red underline]] everywhere, stucco and white, now and then "[[strikethrough]] Nouveaus" [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Art Nouveau.[[/red underline]] Fine beach. Then went to market. Same [[red underline]] dried octopus, [[/red underline]] dried [[strikethrough]] portugue [[/strikethrough]] or salted portugue fish.[[/red underline]] Some fresh fish [[red underline]] all similar to what one sees in Miami.[[/red underline]] Grouper (Garupa) Red snapper. Jewfish - long pointed fish ^[[needle fish]] silver skin smooth, - and looking like a long nickelplated sabre, etc. Monkeys, parrots, birds, chickens, vegetables. At the wharf see several [[red underline]] pirogues (dugouts) [[/red underline]] made from one tree trunk, with pointed bow and raised poop. and which the fisherman are are a rowboat or better