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station because the politicians had most of the taxis 

 and it was best to grab one when it was available* 

 While waiting for the train to start, we collected on 

 some rose-bushes that were growing beside the tracks. 

 The train was half an hour late leaving Valdivia and 

 we lost another UO minutes in Antilhue. Reached Tenruco 

 about an hour late but as the hotel was adjoining the 

 station we were able to get our room, leave our bags and 

 get to the dining room in time for dinner. After dinner 

 we walked to the Plaza and back before bed. No election 

 returns in up to that time. 



Mar. £. At 9.00 AM we went to the Escuela Prictica de 



Agricultural We were met by the 

 Director, Sr. Oscar Munoz M. and 

 the Professor of Biology, Sr. 

 Luis Picasso Stagno. Thqy were 

 both very pleasant, thou^i I came 

 to like Picasso the better of the 

 two. The school is one of several 

 in Chile that gives instruction 

 to poorly prepared farmers and 

 others in practical agriculture. 

 These schools are most like our 

 Agricultural College. Short Course. 

 We were taken over the school to 

 see the classrooms and laborator- 

 ies and the dining room and kit- 

 chen. I was introduced to Edwin 

 I hi, I. A. from Santiago, who was 

 in charge of the work dealing 

 with white grubs "gusanos de pasto" 

 He did not have an adequate lab- 

 oratory nor library and had not 

 been trained especially for this 

 work. He was intelligent and in 

 Edwin Ihl C. time he will commence to get re- 



sults. At 12.30 we returned to 

 the Director's office and were invited to lunch at the 

 Faculty table. The food was excellent and I was assured 

 that we were having the same menu and food (except for the 

 wine) that the students had. ¥e were to go to the Fundo 

 Trianon in the afternoon and a3 there was a prospect of 

 some collecting there, we went back to the hotel for our 

 nets and bottles. The school is to be removed from its 

 present location to the Fundo. Ihl joined us and we col- 

 lected some white grubs as well as a centipede, a scorp- 

 ion, two large and brilliant carabid beetles and other 

 items. We returned to town about 6.00 and were the guests 

 of Mufioz at a swell restaurant for onces. We looked like 



