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Caracas party; but, realizing perfectly the improbability 

 of such a union of the divisions of the expedition, we 

 Y/ere j^repared for the intelligence that nothing had been 

 heard from them. As vre recalled the dangers of our own 

 v/anderings, and the one we had left behind, we could not 

 but entertain many apprehensions for the safety of their 

 little party. 



