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April 21st- Rio de Janeiro

[[strikeout]] Dusky called for us bright and early [[/strikeout]]

    After going to bed at 2.30 this morning, it was a blow to be awakened at seven with loud calls for Dr. Mann and the news that one of wolves had escaped, was on deck, and that a sailor was "keeping an eye on him." Bill hastily pulled on his pants and made for the animal quarters. There he found our Texas wolf looking rather lost, but completely uncaged.  Bill said sleepily, "Hello Boy," and the wolf gave him a friendly glance.  Nearby was an empty crate, and Bill raised the door.  The sailor made a step or two toward the wolf, who promptly started into the cage.  Just on the doorstep he hesitated, Bill gave him a gentle kick in the rear, and the wolf hopped in and the door was dropped.  In five minutes Bill was back in bed and in ten he was asleep once more.  

At ten o'clock we left the ship with Dusky, and took the ferry over to Nicteroi, a little town on the other side of the bay.  Here we took a street-car or "Bondi" and rode through the residential district to the very end of the line, getting off at the Instituto Vital Brazil, where we met young Dr. Ruy V. Brazil, and watched the extraction of snake venom at the farm there.  They had a fine big Bothrops that had never been "milked" before and put up quite a show.  One interesting demonstration was that of extracting the poison from a big Buffo, which was fed to a small snake which promptly went into convulsions and died - not from swallowing the poison but merely from having it in contact with the lining of its mouth.  A large muserausa was brought out to eat a fer de lance, and created considerable alarm by taking a good bite on itself and trying to constrict around itself.  Eventually it was made to let go of its own [[strikeout]] skin and [[/strikeout]] side and attacked the "jacara."  

Back in town, we lunched at the Alba Mar restaurant in the municipal market, eating shrimps and hearts of palm and rice while we watched the frigate birds and the airplanes diving and soaring over the harbor.  

We sailed at five o'clock, and after dinner on board were glad to get to bed early for once.  

April 22 - Santos - Sao Paolo

We came into the harbor before breakfast, and were met by Mr. Arthur G. Parsloe, the American Vice Consul.  About ten we started off by automobile with Dr. Gray and the Shippens for Sao Paolo, fifty miles away.  The first part of the drive was over a flat country road, but it was not long before we began the steep ascent of the mountain.  The road winds back and forth in as steep a grade as I have ever seen, and in about half an hour we were three thousand feet up, where we stopped for a drink and to let the engine cool.  A little rest house here, built two hundred years ago by Portuguese monks, has a most gorgeous view of the harbor and beaches lying so far below.  

At 12.30 we came into the town of Sao Paolo, and at first thought this must be a special fiesta, but eventually realized that