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decayed. After repacking and seeing to it ae that they were 
properly stored,I called upon Mr. Wallace of the steamship 
agency. He assured me noe - would do ahs in his power to get 
proper transit of the material north when the time came for 
sailing 
I again left the city for the north, making my first stop at Con- 
many weeks before, but he w oe? me aa cordially and the 
kindly hospitality of the Doctor, hi ily, will long 
be remembered as one of the most pleasant incidents of my trip. 
arch 7, in which was inclu the smallest cactus seen, 
probably the smallest growing cactus on the South American 
continent. Concordia, to my mind, is the Ane eh place I have 
seen in Argentina and the only spot in which I would really care 
to live. The surrounding country is rolling, situated a consider- 
able height above the Uruguay River. The terrain is barren 
to look upon, Done camped of eel: aise ee ae one 
other » pe es and lower I 
The principal agricultural ier are the growin of 
citrus fruits, of darin i far the leader, and th 
making of wine, for which the European grape in used exclusively 
A favorite method of culture consisted of large groves of manda- 
rine interplanted with gr: The institution presided over by 
bodago, as the wine factories are here called and on the second 
