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170 [[left margin, red pencil, written vertically]] Rio Janeiro [[/left margin, red pencil, written vertically]] [[underlined in red]] people ^[[seem to]] spend unusual sums of money on internments and marriages [[/underlined in red]] Sunday [[underlined]] April 4. [[/underlined]] [[underlined in red]] Phill ipi [[/underlined in red]] came to fetch me and with Dr. Cromwell and his wife we went for lunch at the house of Mr. Huntreys or ]]underlined in red]] Huntress? [[/underlined in red]] of Boston. who is the head of the [[?]]tion and el. light companies. Met there two Canadian ladies and one Canadian gentleman House situated just below top of [[underlined in red]] Corconado [[/underlined in red]] with a [[underlined in red]] magnificent view [[/underlined in red]] stretching over Bay and woods and lands below. House reached by first station on rack - and pinion Corconado road. Well appointed house american style and in excellent taste. In the morning two of their pet dogs [[end page]] [[start page]] 171 [[underlined in red]] had been killed by a poisonous snake [[/underlined in red]] in their garden. Conversation naturally drifted on [[underlined in red]] snakes [[/underlined in red]] which seem [[underlined in red]] quite numerous in this [[/underlined in red]] country. Was told that even in the unsettled part of the country people generally wear [[underlined in red]] high boots or leggins even of soft leather as [[/underlined in red]] sufficient protection against [[underlined in red]] snake bite. [[/underlined in red]] Great importance is attached to the work of [[underlined in red]] Dr. Vital Brazil [[/underlined in red]] who inaugurated the production of antitoxins against [[underlined in red]] snake bites. [[/underlined in red]] Much talk also about [[strikethrough]] Cailleo [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Caitlaux [[/underlined in red]] visit in Brazil during the war and Minottos doing. Madame [[underlined in red]] Caitlaux [[/underlined in red]] was invited by a Brazilian to try the public nacional shooting range but she declined