to dinner tomorrow night at his home and to luncheon on 

 Thursday. ?rom the Embassy we went to the Department 

 of Agriculture (Sanidad Vegetal) which is on the out- 

 skirts of Santiago in the Quint a Normal. I was intro- 

 duced to the Director, Luis A. Belmar P., the Subdirector 

 Sergio Tartakowsky K. and Leonidas Duran, Chief of the 

 Section of Agricultural Zoology. I also saw Raul's 

 laboratory and the small and very poor collection of 

 insects. At Lj., we were in his office to meet the Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture and Lands, sr. don Kanuel Casanueva, 

 who was in Washington last year* Raul and don Hanuel 

 drew up plans for a trip for me which would include the 

 part of Chile between Santiago and Chiloe Island. Raul 

 v/ould accompany me and we would leave Santiago on the l?th 

 for Puerto Kontt. As soon as we left the Hinisterio, we 

 went to take up railroad tickets on the f, Nocturno n which 

 leaves Santiago daily at $ PK. 'Our tickets were paid for 

 by government transportation requests. Next to a bank to 

 change 200 dollars into 6,320 pesos and then for 11 onces" 

 we went to a restaurant specializing on fruits of all 

 kinds. Between onces and dinner we took a long walk about 

 the city, going up onto Santa Lucia, a queer hill rising 

 up in the middle of the city and landscaped to death. We 

 again had dinner together in the hotel. 



Feb. lU. As soon as I was up I arranged for my laundry 

 and then went out for breakfast (two glasses of jugo de 

 uva con azucar) and to order a supply of professional 

 cards, having forgotten to bring more than two or three. 

 I left one for a sample and the new ones are to be ready 

 the next day and will cost P 30 oer hundred. That done, 

 Raul and I went to the Quinta to talk over the trip with 

 Belmar and Tartakowsky and to prepare tjrped copies of our 

 projected itinerary. We will have an extra day in Puerto 

 Ivlontt because the schedule of boats to Ghilo6 has been 

 changed. We came in town for lunch and then went to the 

 embassy to leave a copy of our itinerary with Thayer and 

 Guest and to get directions for getting to Phil's home. 



After onces, I started for the Thayer's. Was too early 

 so I walked around several blocks to kill time and arrived 

 at 8 sharp. Mrs Thayer is very pleasant and so are the 

 two children. Phil told me that while the little girl 

 does not admit to be able to speak Spanish, she goes to 

 the kitchen and jabbers away with the cook. Before com- 

 ing to Chile, the family had been in the Far liast for some 

 years so this was the first experience of the children 

 with Spanish. After cocktails, an excellent dinner was 

 served by a nice quiet criada. We talked until late and 

 I had to run for what might have been the last trolley. 

 As I couldn N t understand the conductor and he couldn't 



