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Feb. 17. We both went to the Institute in the morning. 

 I first segregated the Chilocorinae and npilachninae and 

 then started on the Ryperaspinae. vVe also talked over the 

 plans for the ITedellln trip. To Casa G6mez for lunch, 

 ( stopping at the iiirtbassy for mail; found a letter from 



Marion Fessenden. 



I v/ent back to the Institute alone and continued work on 

 Hyperaspis ; there evidently are many species in Colombia, 

 some of which certainly occur in Venezuela cr Ecuador. 

 Clara went to ride with Mrs Erickell and n little girl", who 

 studied in a convent in the United States and. speaks good 

 English but with much repetition of * ! Ky word" and n I-y Lord". 

 They drove out Avenida Caracas, which was originally Carrera 

 111, to Chapinero, then out the main road to the north, (a con- 

 tinuation of Carrera 7 & ) through Usaqu6n and on to the Puente 

 del Comiin, a bridge over the Rio Bogota constructed in 1792. 



Puente del Comun 



Just across the bridge the road forks ; to the north is the 

 road to Zipaquird and to the west the one to Chia. They 

 turned toward Chia and started to look for the house of 

 General Karquez . There were a f erf trees, some wide enough 

 to give a little shade ; there were blue and pink houses 

 against the low hillside and priests in long black gowns 

 and broad, very low- crowned, black hats walking slowly at 

 the side of the road. Having located the house, surrounded 

 by a high wall of rammed earth finished in white, with its 

 own tile roof, they pulled the bell in a small grated win- 

 dow in the tall corner gate; there was a loud clang but no 

 answer 4 Presently a small girl appeared in the road outside 

 the wall and showed them a smaller gate down the road. She 

 went in and spread the news . Soon a boy appeared, took the 

 message, went in, and came back with word that the Sister 

 would be out in fifteen minutes. She came, a dark-eyed, 

 fair-skinned nun with a very fine face; wearing an enormous 



