Field notes, v1404
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C. Koford 16 Journal March 6, 1951 Lima, Peru via a good street car ("tramvia") at a cost of s/.0.75, about 3¢. Pharm Ortiz & arranged to meet him tomorrow. March 7, 1951. Met Ortiz at Museo J.P. at 9:30 a.m. We went to the Licencia de Armas place & found out where the fingerprint department was. Also got information on kind of paper necessary to get ammunition from customs. Then bought "papel sellado" and typed the letter. Got a letter from Ortiz introducing me to Ensign Acila of the Compania Administradora del del Guano so that I could get permit to visit guano islands. Went to Sociedad Geografico Militar at 310 Avenida Treguiza, & after presenting my documents to a military big shot I was allowed to buy a fine 8 sheet map of Peru, 1950 edition, for s/1.50 ($10). The army people were very nice. Neither army nor police seem to be unfriendly or suspicious toward Norteamericanos. The Caja de Depositos closed for the day at 1 p.m. so couldn't get tax stamps. Talked with Gresecke at the U.S. Embassy. He said that the 7th Day Adventists had an establishment (and clinic ?) at Juliaca near Cuzco, and that the Maryknell Fathers had an establishment at je Cuzco. The authority on the Quechua language was JM Far Fún of the Museo de Cultura, Avenida Alfonso Ugarte 650, Lima. Gresecke had a copy of "Handbook of South American Indians," Smiths. Instit., Bur. Amer. Ethn., Bull. 143. Vol. 2 - the Andean Civilizations? $1.50. Many photographs and accounts of Aymarca and other indians. / Ortiz said the place to get ammunition was