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we managed to get to an old deserted ruin by 

 nightfall, and the night was passed by me in 

 much suffering. 



The next morning I mounted a very quiet 

 mule, thinking she would never start or 

 stumble ; but as we were going along a nar- 

 row trail in the forest a crash in the under- 

 wood on one side frightened her, for she no 

 doubt took it for a wild beast, and in she 

 bolted to the underwood on the opposite side, 

 bruising the wound very much : many other 

 little accidents also occurred, which, when in 

 health, no one thinks about, but are severely 

 felt by the suffering. 



By the time we arrived at Leon, what 

 with loss of blood and pain, I could scarcely 

 keep my saddle, and was agreeably surprised 

 to find a North American surgeon, who had 

 taken up his residence there for a short time. 

 He came immediately to see me, and if ever 

 this meets his eye, I here return him most 

 grateful acknowledgments for his kindness 

 and liberality, for he not only attended me 

 with the care of a brother, but absolutely 

 refused to take the smallest remuneration for 

 his services, and when I went to Granada he 

 accompanied me, for fear the wound should 

 break out afresh. However, the doctor's 



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