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Te foregoing covers boat travel the coast 
I think, -'/hen you stop at the saaller coast towns^such as 
Paita, PacasEiayo , Llollendo , Iquiciue , Antafogasta, uo^iulmbo, 
etc., on the west coast you won’t find mch in the way ^ 
of attractive hotels, but you can alwa^get soiie sort oi 
acGonodations.even if in ihe s.aailest^ you ha.ve to live in 
a boardinv house or pension. In the larger towns there are 
fair hotels. Sven in the hotels in the larger cities 
it se« .3 to lie that "JT-OO a day ought to cover living ex- 
penses. This figure was given me by a travel J 5 ureau here 
and a,ppears about right . 
On the East coast I did less steamer travel than 
on the West coast but the expense will be the same^ approx- 
laately,»lilla the etea.aer service Is better. 
Of course travel is much more expensive than be- 
fore the war but £or all that the figure you mentioned to me, 
1200 to 1300 per month_, strikes me as about rign^ t^'^nf.obable 
sort of v/ork you are going to do, collecting, it is pioocbl 
that the lower figure will be enougn^as you will not oe in 
the bi':>- cities much. These figures of course ao not incluae 
salary? You will find English pounds the universal _ money , 
that is the gold pound and not the xjound nooe. It is al ^y 
advisable to figure on expenses being higher tnan you estimci. e. 
It is highly Important to have a passport and aoove- 
all to vet letters in Washixigton from the ambassadors and 
ministers of the South American countries .adores sea oo tne 
oSiciSs of their countries , asking them lo give you every 
help in your Important mission. They are invaluable. Ana ^ 
after vou get down there^use them to get letters from txie 
high officials there, for the same purpose>as a letoex irom 
an official of and in the country is more valuable than 
fuum one in the United States. But don't make c special tup 
to the capitals of the countries to get them unless rea_ 
convenient ^ 
You will want to know Spanish, though English will 
do. But you can learn Spanish on the way down as lu is very 
easy to learn, as it has regular rules ± or pronancicctio. . 
It seems to me you should be aole to do some Very 
valuable work down there and the trip ‘‘"ff f ® 
feasible. There is just one ihing. You 
Pan American Union if there are about p many stea^iers lun irrg 
along the coasts as there were before^ the war, as tne sn i .. 
industry is none too prosperous nowcidcx.ys. 
-If txhei’e is anything else you wish to know please 
let me know and I will try to give it prompter attention 
0 iruJlj^ 
Tt S, Ia) 
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