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cations of the Institute collection. Clara went to the bank 

 for change and to buy a map of Bogota. It is a beautiful 

 big one and I think we vri.ll have to get one for the Library 

 of Congress. 



In the afternoon we both went to the Institute and made 

 our plans for a trip to Pacho tomorrow and the longer trip 

 to Bedellln and Call* Don Luis suggested nine days for the 



edellin trip but that is too much and we will have to cut 

 it to not more than a week, If© then went to the Biblioteca 

 to see the Amazonas exhibit, work of the Indians - bark shirts , 

 wooden masks, neck chains made of the wing covers of the large 

 brilliant buprestid beetle, etc. There were also 18th century 

 maps and 17th and 18th century books, all dealing with that 

 area. Dr and Sgra Bugher (he is in the Rockefeller Laboratory) 

 were dinner guests. 



Feb. 22># Started at seven for Pacho. f& took the road north 



Paramo del Diablo 



through Chapinero to the third reten -where we turned left 

 to cross the Puente del Comun, a bridge that was built in 

 1792 under the auspices of the King of Spain. At the first 

 turn beyond the bridge we went to the right (Chia is to the 

 left) to Zipaquira where the salt mines are. We stopped 

 while Lurillo ate some breakfast. We climbed steadily from 

 Zipaquiri to the Paramo del Diablo where we stopped again, 

 this time to collect. Found weevils and staphylinids on the 

 flower heads of a shrub by the roadside; Hernando Osorno got 

 some good tachinids. Then on to Pacho where we were stopped 

 at the reten and forced to go to the police station because 

 of our cameras. Fortunately my camera was not noticed and 



