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evening, some years ago, as I was walking with 

 Don Felipe de Ynciarte, governor of Angustura, 

 on the bank of the Oroonoque, * Stop here a 

 minute or two, Don Carlos,' said he to me, 

 ' while I recount a sad accident. One line even- 

 ing last year, as the people of Angustura were 

 sauntering up and down here, in the Alameda, I 

 was within twenty yards of this place, when I saw 

 a large Cayman rush out of the river, seize a 

 man, and carry him down, before any one had 

 power to assist him. The screams of the poor 

 fellow were terrible as the Cayman was running 

 off with him. He plunged into the river with his 

 prey ; we instantly lost sight of him, and never 

 saw or heard him more.' " * 



* Wanderings in South America. 



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