WANDERINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA 105 



^neas's route on the other side of Styx could 

 not have been much worse than this, though, by 

 his account, when he got back to earth, it appears 

 that he had fallen in with "Bellua Lernae, hor- 

 rendum stridens, flammisque, armata Chimaera.'* 



Moreover, he had a sibyl to guide his steps; 

 and as such a conductress nowadays could not be 

 got for love nor money, it was judged most pru- 

 dent to refrain from sauntering through this 

 land of freedom, and wait with patience the 

 return of health. At last this long-looked for, 

 ever welcome stranger came. 



