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and read and slept until about U*30. We then took our baths, 

 dressed and went down to the lobby where we found Jorge Ramsay 

 A. I gave him the note from B Y M and later did the same to 

 "Pepe" Suirez. After onces we took in a movie - an Argentine 

 comedy and quite good - followed by a good walk before dinner. 

 After dinner we packed, paid our bill which came to P 1201, 60 

 for both, took another walk and went to bed # 



liar. 3. Up at 

 6.1|£ for early 

 breakfast, and 

 by taxi to sta- 

 tion for the 

 7#l£ train to 

 Valdivia. The 

 trip was very 

 pleasant and 

 not long. In 

 the Valdivia 

 station I wait- 

 ed with the 

 baggage while 

 Kaul went hunt- 

 ing for a taxi. 

 I sually our ho- 

 tel was near 

 the station but 

 this time it was 

 on the far side of town, facing (as usual) the Plaza de Armas, 

 (ur room was W 9, a large corner room with full length windows 

 and a bath built into one corner of the room. Tfihile we were at 

 lunch we were called on by Ren6 Salas M., the assistant agron- 

 omist of the Department of Agriculture stationed at Valdivia. 

 I e was a very nice looking youngster, perhaps 2$ years old. 

 At 2.30 'he came back and took us first to the offices of the 

 lepartment and then to the motor launch (official) in which we 

 T/ere going down the Rio Calie Calle to Niebla. The trip took 

 about two hours so we were ready for onces when we reached the 

 hotel. Back of the hotel were many remains of old Spanish 

 fortifications, the outer defenses of Valdivia. These were 

 very interesting, being carved out of the living rock rather 

 than built up out of masonry. The rock is moderately soft, 

 easy to cut with knife, and the walls of the trenches and 

 store rooms were covered with initials and dates. The earliest 

 date that I saw was 1610, ten years before the final overthrow 

 of the Spaniards by the Chileans in this region. These forti- 

 fications are on the very edge of cliff overlooking the water. 

 Ve found a footpath which led down onto the beach where we 

 collected, getting a few interesting things. At 7 PM we were 



Valdivia. View from our hotel window. 

 Note advertizing painted on pavement! 



