chickens, rabbits, and pigeons. Among the botanical specimens 
we found the cactus especially interesting. One kind is known 
as the barbed wire cactus, and was actually used to make barri- 
cades in war, before barbed wire was ever invented. 
The Sharpens and hr. Gray joined us .for luncu. The uavises 
left late in the afternoon. 
At seven o’clock hr. Itlare.il i met us in the hotel, and told 
us we ought to be out in the Plaza watching the Pas sear, we went 
out, and joined the throng of young men and girls walking slowly 
around and. s round one corner of t he Plaza. The girls usually 
went two by two; the men were lined up along t he sidewalk to 
watch them go by, and they certainly gave them the once-over. 
There was a long double line of men, between whom, the garxs waixea 
without any obvious self-consciousness - Prances and I were very 
embarassed. It is the marriage market of Latin countries, ano. 
gives the y ung people a good chance to look each othei oyea. . 
fe were told that it is bad form to pick a girl up, but if a 
men likes her looks he can arrange through mutual friends tor 
an introduction. 
Dr. HcDonagh, ichthyologist of the Museum, joined us af tei 
dinner, and we all vent out to a little tent ^ich we^had 
noticed as we came into town in the morning, Flc 'f T®?,- “ d 4 c_ 
Circus'*. It was a small show, but interesting. otwx «ou ■ ^ 
foot r ng, with the boxes adjacent to the ring curb. Two ron 
center poles, instead of the four customary in Juropean ciicuses. 
The ground was cut in shallow terraces, mate... * - , 
seats raised on bleachers. The troop was small, and nictate 
only one women, who appeared solely as the hind legs o rray 
zebra in a clown act. There were three pr oper ty me., i n neav gray 
coats and white pants. The show gives three T^erf ormjn.es a 
day, the evening performar.ee beginning »c 9.4 . ana c on t a . uU t jit 
foith. iion act is put up. There were two performing hyenas 
and seven lions. 
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Bill and I went out to the Zoo in the norths to take 
some more photographs. After lunch Cr. l u . oiled 
little hone in the country, rather a bare little of P h j B 
to the ceiling with books and pamphlets. . We drank some of hit 
delicious home made wine, and met his two sixers • * een w - 
middle-aged Italian women. 
About three we went to the Museum, famous all o ve i vh « 
world for the research and publications that have ^ 4 
Dr. HcDonagh went around with us, shewing us ^ £ - 'fQoojis, 
r. Q f r«i.l e ontfc-ol o gv , with ate dozens of. Glyptooon J -w- » 
the "the skin of Mvlodon, found in a Patagonian cave v ith the 
S'S made'at “U^h 
S wnh e mn. l>0 Bones tll in S tS? "eawet^en tplit. 
