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he insisted that I eat one of his. Before I could make 

 up my mind whether I cared to try one, he had plopped 

 some into my mouth and I had to take it. At lunch we 

 had dishes of it for the first course. Sea urchin go- 

 nads are rated a great delicacy in Chile and while I 

 found them not unpleasant, I certainly prefer oysters 

 or clams. After stopping at Calbuco, there was one 

 other and short stop before we reached Puerto Montt at 

 6.30 PM. We took the bus to the Miramar where we were 

 expected. A new room, No. 5, was assigned to us and 

 we found the change satisfactory. First of all, we had 

 hot baths, shaves, and changed our clothing. The laun- 

 dry that we had left 

 was ready and every- 

 thing had come back. 

 When the girl gave 

 it to me, Raul was 

 in his bath and I 

 tried to negotiate 

 with her. Before 

 she would take any 

 money she evidently 

 wanted me to do 

 something. She kept 

 saying "Conforme!" 

 which I learned la- 

 ter means "Check it" 

 Finally I opened the 

 bundle and spread 

 the contents on the 

 bed. The girl was 

 pacified and accept- 

 ed 1*0 pesos for the 

 two lots. We had 

 dinner and I wrote 

 a letter home. Also 

 I found some fruit 

 (had had no fruit Araucaria araucana. 



since leaving Sant- 

 iago) and ate a half kilogram of white grapes and drank 

 a large glass of peach juice. We leave for Pto. Varas 

 in the morning at 8.30. 



Feb. 2H. Paid bill at hotel after breakfast and went 

 across the street to the railroad station. We reached 

 Pto. Varas at 9.30 and went to the Hotel Heim, a small 

 and unpretentious place on a side street. It proved 

 clean, comfortable and not expensive. A double room 

 with meals was a hundred pesos a day (3.00 US). We 

 walked about town and along the beach of Lago LLanquihue 



