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about noon, having covered over 200 miles from Mazaredo 

 in four and a half days, and this with the two wagon horses 

 which it had been prophesied would not be able to last 

 more than ten days from the beginning of the trip. The 

 balance of the day we gave to rest and the reading of our 

 accumulated mail. 



Among the letters was one from Mr. Potts who was to 

 buy our wagon, indicating that he would not be in town. 

 So next morning at six I mounted Blackie and started the 

 forty-mile ride along the shore and beach to Port Visser. 

 Reaching there about four I found him in bed with in- 

 flammation of the bowels. 



In the morning feeling better and desiring to see a doctor, 

 he decided to come into Comodoro, so consulting the tide 

 we hitched one of his horses and mine into a sulky and 

 started, but we were too early for the tide and had to wait 

 an hour for it to go out; after which we pushed along the 

 beach until five, when both Mr. Potts and the horses were 

 tired and we had to take an hour's rest. Hitching in at 

 six we traveled the final twenty miles up hill and down as 

 if the "Old Boy" were after us, reaching the hospital at 

 the railroad camp about nine. Here I left Mr. Potts and 

 went on into town. 



Next morning having had his first food in five days and 

 feeling better, Mr. Potts came over to the town and bought 

 our wagon and two horses. During that day we also sold 

 our three saddles, all of our sales netting us as much as we 

 had originally paid for the equipment. It took all day to 

 arrange these matters and get the transfers registered. 

 While making bills of sale, as Billy was to stay another 

 month, I transferred Blackie to him, and made out various 

 legal papers authorizing him to act for Amherst College. 

 Next morning we started Mr. Potts off on his road with our 

 fine team and American wagon (wagons from the United 

 States are in great demand in Patagonia, being so much 

 lighter and stronger than the high-wheeled Spanish type). 



