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just before dark. Next morning I went out to the sugar mill, and 
found a friend of Mr. Jérgensen. He said that he had not come 
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our not having met and stating that I had passed close by his 
camp on my ay across ai mountains, his peon having seen m 
It be 10 cactus country I took the next 
train for ne city of Tce, pare I arrived early in the evening 
and after a much needed bath, a fairly good meal and a good 
night’s rest I felt quite fit next morning 
Although it was Sunday I had no dimicdley: in having my 
fit, which was sent around by freight from Andalgala, en 
to the hotel. In the afternoon, after overhauling the outfit, I 
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plenishing it was necessary for me to visit a ie ere my 
wants were attended to and I learned that the scientific gentle- 
man in Tucuman to whom Dr. Hicken had given me a letter 
would likely be found at the museum close by and that the cu- 
rator, Mr. Schreiter, a German naturalist, would likely be called 
up y interpreter, as the tleman in question was 
not familiar with the language bes command 
Schreiter was well posted about the surrounding country and 
expressed much interest in my work, tellin f a hi rid 
region to the northwest wher h n many cacti. His 
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a letter was ar this time at ee university i to which we 
