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the trip was tiring but we reached Ancud in due time* 

 The autocarril is no more than a nine passenger station 

 wagon mounted on steel wheels and running on a railroad 

 track* The one and only hotel in Ancud is the Plaza 

 and it is the worst yet* It has all the inconveniences 

 imaginable - the bathroom was filthy, the toilet out of 

 order, no mirror for shaving, the bowl and pitcher in 

 the room was dirty - but there were no bedbugs* After 



Escuela Prictica de Agricultura, Ancud. 



dropping our bags in our room, we went to the Escuela to 

 meet the director, Ren6 Prado Soils. He was very pleasant 

 and took us over the building and grounds. There are two 

 types of agricultural education given in Chile - the usual 

 courses in the universities leading to the degree of In- 

 geniero Agronomo, open to students who have finished in 

 the colegios, and the Escuelas Pricticas, giving practical 

 training in farm practices to boys with little or no for- 

 mal education. At Ancud there was a dairy barn but it 

 was not in any sense a model dairy and several acres in 

 crops common to the region. The plantings were well 

 cared for and seemed to be flourishing. All about the 

 school were araucarias, sometimes singly and sometimes 

 in rows. Raul met a friend who was invited to dinner 

 with us at the hotel. He said good night early and we 

 went to bed. At least the bed was clean and comfortable 

 and I had a good night. 



Feb. 23. We were up at 7, packed our two small bags and 

 went to the boat. The Lemuy is less than half as large 

 as the Chacao and a little dirtier. There being no wharf 

 at Ancud, we were lightered out to the Lemuy (108 tons 

 nett) . Since the trip was to be entirely by day, we had 



