6U 



19-UO to call on Dr Julio Garz6n Nieto of the Oficina 

 de Longitudes . He had off erred me another copy of the big 

 map of Colombia ♦ Ke was not in* 



At 12.1$ Murillo and Otoya called for me and I was taken 

 to Temel's for lunch. We arrived and found quite a group 



already there. The liinistro de 



— En el restaurante Temel die- 

 ron varios amigos y colegas del 

 gran entomologo norteamericano 

 doctor E. A, Chapin, im almuerzo. 

 Asistieron : el ministro de la econo- 

 mia, doctor Marco Aurelio Arango, 

 el secretario del mismo ministerio 

 doctor Carlos Martinez Borrero, el 

 doctor Eduardo Mejia Velez, direc- 

 tor del departamento de agricultu- 

 ra, don Luis Maria Murillo, doctor 

 Francisco Otoya y otros distinguidos 

 caballeros. 



iconoma, and the Director of 



Note in SI Tiempo 



the Department of Agriculture, 

 Kejla V&Lez and others made me 

 feel a bit embarrassed. Some 

 excellent scotch was available 

 and when I refused a second 

 highball on the grounds that 

 with one I could still under- 

 stand a little Spanish, one of 

 the men assured me that with 

 five inside rue I would speak 

 Spanish like a native ! ; e had a very nice meal and it 

 really was pleasant. 



While I was at the luncheon, Clara made several trips 

 to try to buy a pair of alpargatas for Helen and some of 

 the woven cigarette cases. She tried first at Las Nieves 

 and then on Garrera 9 9 between calles 11 and 12. I was 



ft ^ 1 



J 

 1 



when she 



got back 

 from the 

 last trip. 

 Dofia Sil- 

 via asked 

 her to go 

 down to 

 see the a- 



par" 1 * 



1*1 



Maruja, llanuela, and Silvia 



on the 1st 

 floor that 

 the girls 

 are think- 

 ing of 

 taking over 

 so that they 



could take additional guests . It had closets but only 

 one bath. Then she went out again and found the cigar- 

 ette cases in a shop near the market . I was back when 

 she returned from that trip and we both went out to look 

 for light rope or heavy cord to tie up one of our boxes. 

 We found it on Garrera 7* and on the way back left a 

 note at the Brickell apartment . We packed until dinner. 



In the evening we had goodbye calls from the Brickells 

 and the cuatrecasas. 



