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I walked over to the Henrys after lunch, had the doctor look over my teeth, and then spent the afternoon with Mrs. Henry; we went for a long walk, prowling among antique shops of the Avenida 25 de Mayo, and ending up at the Ideal for a delicious tea.

The Newberrys came in to see us at the hotel, she very pretty but not speaking English.  At 8.30 we went out to the Davises for a farewell dinner.  The Dawsons, who are to be on the same ship with us, were also ther, and the Tucks (he is Charge d'Affaires).  It was, as always, a notable dinner, the piece de resistance this evening being suckling pig.

June 8 - B.A.

The Feast of Corpus Christi - and hence another holiday for the Argentines.

We had lunch with Cinaghi and Grether at La Cabana.  They brought their wives along, and we liked them, especially Mrs. Grether, who speaks quite good English.  Dr. Marelli was also with us, and when he shook hands with me at parting he practically crushed my paw in his enormous one.  (NOte: It is still sore one month later).

Dr. Henry took me in the afternoon to Benediction and to see the procession in the Plaza de Mayo.  It was most impressive to see the huge crowds (Dr. H. estimated them at half a million), kneeling in the streets, or standing to sing the Tantum Ergo.

In the evening Dr. and Mrs. Holmberg took the Davises and ourselves to Café Espagnole for dinner, and later to see Mistinguett.  I had wondered, when dinner is always so late, when if ever, people went to the theatre.  I found out tonight.  About eleven o'clock we reached the theatre, [[strikethrough]] paid [[strikethrough]] Holmberg paid 20 peasos pesos (about $5.00) apiece for seats, and we watched a rather indifferent vaudeville show for an hour and a half.  The star of the show was Mistinguett, and it was fun to see her.  Holmberg says she is seventy years old, but although her face is pretty haggard, she is amazingly supple, and dances and sings with plenty of pep.

June 9 - B.A. 

Spent the morning packing.  Bill had lunch with us at the hotel, but somewhere between the zoo, the consulate and the ship all day.  About four o'clock he telephoned that he would not be back, so I went down with the Shippens to the pier at 5.30.  I had understood the animals were to be loaded at two o'clock, but five truckloads were still backed up on the pier when we got there.  There had been some minor hitch in papers or permits, but things were finally smoothed out, and cages began to come over the side soon after we arrived.

The Brazil is so much like the Uruguay that we felt at home at once.  Our stateroom is not as pleasant as the one we had coming down, as it has no outside port - just one porthole looking out on the animal quarters on B deck.  By sailing time