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El Uracillo 
Diego Hernandez is the regidor of El Uracillo, 
He arranged for us to use the sfchoolhouse, which is EI£GANTl 
We gave him $10 for the use of the school. We also hired a 
big canoe from him—$2~for the trip downriver and back. 
He owns an outboard but doesn’t use it much as it is hard to 
get gas. Strange as it may seem, I believe his store is 
better than the one at the Boca. Perhaps because upriver 
the people have some money. He has kerosene, flour, rice, 
spaghetti in some form or shape, tomato paste, sardines, 
corned beef, Klim, banned milk, crackers, cigarettes, soda pop, 
soap, candles, onions. His wife makes bread. Just before 
we left, he ran out of canned milk so don’t count on himl 
He makes trips frequently to restock and you can get items 
to help out your supplies, but I wouldn’t want to plan on it. 
Again—no beans. 
We got papaya up here. 
I did the cooking, I didn’t mind as I had a place 
to do it and they didn’t seem to know of anyone who might 
do it for us. Perhaps Diego might be able to suggest somebody. 
Just before we left I saw a nice appearing girl of about 22 
who could probably do all right. 
We had a charity case do our laundry and paid Tivoli 
prices plus, Demetrio told us the story of the poor soul. 
Her husband was visiting another woman when the rightful hus¬ 
band appeared and proceeded to go to work on him with a 
machete. He was all chopped up but survived and now cannot 
