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May 31st we packed our specimens, bade good-bye to 

 our friends in the city, and embarked on the steamship 

 Yumuri for New York, via Progreso and Havana. Our 

 journey homeward was without any notable event, save 

 one, and that a sad one. Among our passengers were a 

 number of musicians who had been travelling with Orin's 

 circus. One of these men was suffering with delirium 

 tremens, and had been placed under surveillance; but one 

 afternoon, when we were at dinner, he eluded his guard 

 and jumped overboard. Although every effort was made 

 to find him it was of no avail, and the steamer was obliged 

 to proceed on her journey without him. The event cast a 

 gloom over the rest of the passengers for several days. 

 Ten days later we arrived in Philadelphia, where we were 

 warmly welcomed, and congratulated upon our safe return 

 from a long but delightful journey through the most inter- 

 esting portion of the Mexican Republic. 



