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and we walked toward the school intending to get them. But 

 remembering how bad the ligfct is in the laboratory, we 

 changed our minds and went back to the hotel. 



\ I'ar. 7. Up and again to the Escuela Practica. Reached there 

 at 9.30 and met Picasso, Munos and Ihl. Raul, I hi and I went 

 up to the top of Nielol, a heavily wooded hill hear the city 

 which has been made into a park. We took a narrow and rather 

 steep foot path through the woods and found some good collect- 

 ing under stones and logs. We had a li^it lunch in the res- 

 taurant at the top and then started down to join the others 

 for a real meal at the Escuela. Raul talked for about an 

 hour about his trip to Easter Island. We went back to the 

 hotel about U.00 for a rest and at £.30 met Picasso at the 

 restaurant for onces. As we were to meet Ihl at the hotel 

 at 8.30, we had time to look about in the stores. I bought 

 some silver, a bracelet and four ash trays. We went to dinner 

 at 9.00 and were joined at table by Alvarado, who will go to 

 Angol with us. After dinner we went to our hotel room and 

 talked until 10.30. 



Mar. 8. Up late, had a bath and a shave, packed and went to 

 breakfast. Ihl came at 10.00 and the two of us walked far 

 out Avenida Germanica and back by another route to the rooms 

 of the Sociedad Agronomica, arriving there at noon. Picasso 

 met us there and took us to his home for luncheon. As we 

 sat down at table, Mrs Picasso noticed that she had lost the 

 set out of her ring. It was a large topaz and of course, the 

 discovery cast a slight gloom over the luncheon. However, 

 when we left the table and went into the living room, Ihl saw 

 the stone on the rug and all was well. Back to the hotel to 

 discover that there was no train to Angol until tomorrow. 

 Alvarado decided to go part way and spend the night at the 

 hotel in Renaico which is less expensive. Raul and I pre- 

 ferred to stay in Temuco so we took another room for the 

 night and left a call for k.h$ A M. Leaving Rafil in the 

 room writing letters, Ihl and I went out for onces and to 

 buy some fruit for breakfast. I found some beautiful big 

 white grapes at h cents a pound. We also looked in the 

 stores for a machete but without success. For onces I had 

 an iced coffee milkshake (pronounced caf £ lao) . .^ack to hotel 

 for early dinner and bed. 



Mar. 9# Up at U.U5 5 dressed and ate some grapes. Train was 

 waiting when we came out on the platform. We were ten minutes 

 late in leaving Temuco but arrived at Renaico on time. There 

 we waited about 5>0 minutes for the train from Santiago that 

 was going to Angol. Bullock and Alvarado met us in the station 

 at Angol and we all got into Bullock's car. First to the 



