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the hotel.

The price of the hotel is $5 per day
which is a holdup for such extremely poor
accommodations.

Right now I have a Guatemalan in the
room shining my shoes--he does not speak
English and although he is not doing a very
good job on my shoes, the odor of shoe
polish is acting like airwick to the musty
room, which is good.

I anticipate a very interesting trip
tomorrow on the small train that goes to
Guatemala City. Although one hour by air,
it takes all day by train. I will find out
what my regular address will be in Guate-
mala, so until you hear from me from Guate-
mala City, I will close for the present..

Love to all,
James.

Pee Tell day that in Puerto Barrios I
counted 175 bicycles and only three cars,
so when he gets his new bike, he can come
down and join the crowd. Tell Chris that
the little girls and boys do not wear
clothes but they still dress up their
dolls.

Some of the kid waiters were telling
me that there are several cases of yellow
fever in the village and that nearly all
have malarial fever bugs. There were a few
in my room so I had the steward bomb them
out. They all agree, after telling them
that they should have vaccinations, that