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frog for a hydrant to fill the pool, a log cabin playhouse 
built entirely of ironwood, and put together with no nails (nails 
cannot be driven into this hard and heavy wood - it sinks in 
water}. The pheasantry is the finest we have ever seen, each 
little yard well planted, with running waters and a neat little 
house for the bird built of brick and whitewashed. He has 32 
different species, and 2000 birds altogether. He is raising 
Impeyan, Beil’s, (30 young from one pair), Edward’s, Cheer, and 
other rarities, and has made several interesting cross breeds. 
As a souvenir of the day we were given ponchos to bring 
home with us - at least I got a very fine, closely woven, black 
one with colored stripes, and Bill got a heavy Indian rug, in 
vivid red and green. 
Hewberry came home with us, and we all had dinner together 
at the hotel. 
May 21 - B.A . 
I went to Mass at the Cathedral, and found that there 
was a special celebration going on in honor of Blessed M. Josefa 
Rossello - whoever she was. Evidently a nun belonging to an order 
that is well known here, for the huge church was packed with nuns 
and convent girls, in addition to the customary large Sunday 
crowd. The Cardinal was there, and the music was good - three 
violins and a boys’ choir in addition to the organ. 
Bill and Tom Davis went to the market, and the three 
of us had lunch together at the hotel. After we took Tom 
home Bill and I went to the natural Science Museum, a magnificenw 
new building, not yet entirely completed. Two exhibition halls 
are open to the public, and we saw the zoology and ethnology, and 
f ound them interesting. 
In the evening we took Edwardo Holmberg to Un Rincon de 
Mendoza, famous for Criolla food, whsee we dined off delicious 
roast kid, or ’’chicken of goat" as Holmberg explained it in his 
ludicn us English. 
May 22 - B, A . 
Bill and I went out to the Zoo in the morning, where 
Dr. Holmberg told us with pride that the Texas wolves had had 
three cubs. 
After lunch we went animal shopping with the Shippens, 
and Bill bought turtles from a man at 533 Medrano, and frogs 
from the same man in his shop at 250 Florida. The frogs are 
Ceratophrys, brilliantly mottled brown and green, known .here as 
Esquerza. 
