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They flew ever at dawn going from the cerrado to the Xatta and in 
the eyenino flying back, roosting in the low scattered trees of the cerrado 
Tiiey are always in twos in the flocks as far as one can see, and alway 
talking. The flight is short, ^^apidj and appears labored* I first saw 
toacans here, a rather small species with orange beak. The:/,too, ar 
nearly always in pairs and nearly as talkative as the parrot 
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From ray first day in Matto Grosso I kept finding grasses new for 
Braall Paraguay and Argentine species. At Dourados I found severfil. 
The Indians hereis 
uuarany Indians, settlement near Dourados— 
Mr. Itewell the ni.^sionar3r the tall man to ri^t] 
belong to the Guarany, a Paraguay tribe. They grow maize and squashes 
and gather the leaves of Ilex paraguayensis, which is the mate or Paraguay 7^:;^ 
The trees are not cultivated but are ooniraon in the region. This is the 
entire population of the settlement. 
[Slide 8 
A badly soared little Indian] 
[Slide 9. Indian boy with a toucan] 
[Slide 10. 4 girl, who posed more willingly^ ^vith the 
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sane poor tonLcan] 
Returning to Cainpo Grande, I went- on to Porto Esper£.n9a on Rio 
Paraguay. This is the pontenal, of which Esi^resident Roosevelt wrot 
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so feelingly— and you oculd multiply what he says 10-fold and then not 
overdo the torment of insects. The pontenal is fresh-water marsh which 
extends many miles eastward from Rio Paraguay. I had two days of good 
botanizing and exquisite torture. Mosquitoes, midges, that get behind 
Bftf glasses, biting flies of assorted sizes, ticks and other bichos 
innumerable 
