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and I caught a taxi near the Capitol and went first to 

 Gasa Gomes. I went upstairs and found that Clara had gone 

 on before me. Back to the taxi and I followed, arriving 

 at the Butlers ten minutes behind her. The Carrolls, the 

 Morenos and Benjamin Alverado "were the other guests. The 

 drinks and canapes were served in the living room, then 

 we dined and after dinner we played a Parker gajne based on 

 football called "Kick-in" . Serior Alverado drove us home. 



Feb. 18. Both of us went to the Institute in the morning. 

 I started in on the Scymninae while Clara took a walk with 

 Dona Ines. They talked about the projected visit to "-ede- 

 Uin and Ines said that her farther had a friend there that 

 we would like to meet; he will give us a letter to her. She 

 also told Clara about certain variations in spelling and use 

 of rhymes that indicate that there was no lisp in Spain be- 

 fore the 17th century. 



After lunch I went back to the Institute to continue with 

 the Scynninesj Clara went downtown to buy postcards, etc. 

 She took a taxi to Carrera 11A, H fi 69-38, for tea with lira 

 Carroll. ¥me Cuemet and Ume Renguer were already there. 

 They played Mah-jong in the fire-place end of the living 

 room, then had tea in the dining-room at table. She came 

 back by streetcar with the others. 



Feb. 19. Again we both went to the Institute in the morn- 

 ing, 1 to continue with the Scymninae, Clara to interpret 

 1 hen called on and to talk with Dona In6s. Ines invited us 

 to tea at her home on Saturday and, probably through Bon 

 Luis, we were also invited to Dr Samper Ortega's for lunch 

 on konday at his home. On 'the way back to Casa Gomes we 

 called at the consulate for mail - letters from Lucy, both 

 mothers, both sisters and Elsie. 



Before going back to the Institute in the afternoon, we 

 vent to the bank and the photo store. At the laboratory, 

 1 e made plans for trips to Guasca and Pacho, to try and get 

 additional specimens of two apparently undescribed species. 

 > Lmost finished the Scymninae and we go to Guasca tomorrow, 

 lifter dinner we played u nines e checkers (Chinas Jamas) with 

 I arruela and Maruia. 



Feb. 20. Had an early breakfast and was called for by Mu- 



rillo, Otoya and Osorno at seven. We went out the extended 



Carrera 7 & to the Bogota city line where we were stopped 



at the ret en to shorr cedulas and ;ry salvoconducto. Then 



through Usaqu6n and a little beyond where we turned right 



to go up and over the first range of hills , coming out in 



a beautiful little valley. Be ran north about 1> kilometers 



and again turned right to cross a second range. The valley 



was all farming land, with barbed-wire strung on stone posts 

 enclosing plots of both grazing and cultivated land, we 



