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the sellers were picking up 

 their unsold baskets of oran- 

 ges and mangoes , baskets of 

 cotton dresses, shirts and a- 

 prons • 



The square was ferried of 

 long lew buildings all attached, 

 even attached to the church . 

 Most of the doors and windows 

 were shuttered, a few shops had 

 their doors open. We stopped 

 outside one of them to buy mo- 

 gollas; across the narrow street 

 was a bright white house with 

 bright blue paintings on the out- 

 side walls. 



Off again, with more curves, 

 around and up till we reached 

 the p&ramo at 3,300 meters or 

 nearly 10,900 feet. We went a 

 little way over the crest, saw 

 a good place to stop, backed the 

 car off the road, got out and 

 sat on the rocks to eat bizco- 

 chos, mogollas, queso and choco- 

 late. I collected awhile but 

 with indifferent results, Clara 

 talked with dona Isabel and the 

 chauffeur. Almost all Colombian 

 schools charge tuition, but there 

 are separate free schools for the 

 poor where the courses are differ- 

 ent, mostly manual and vocational. 

 Three or four servants are needed 

 in a modest home. 



We started home at six but had 

 a long wait at Guasca and so did 

 not get back to Eogoti until 

 quarter past eight. Dinner had 

 been waited for us. 



Ear. 9* First to Avianca to be 

 sure that our tickets were all 

 right. Then to the Kmbassy for 

 mail; we found letters from Lucy, 

 Helen and Karion. From there we 

 went back to 17-86 to get the 



senoritas and take them to the 

 '•top of lions errate by funicular. 

 We took a taxi to the lower sta- 



