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The Andes and the Amazon. 



the doorway. A long parley ensued, resulting in this : that 

 we should pay one hundred Ecuadorian dollars for the 

 transfer of our baggage to Archidona; while Carlos sol- 

 emnly promised for the young men that they should start 

 the next morning, that they should arrive at Archidona 

 within a stipulated time, and that they should not depend 

 upon us for an ounce of food. The powerful influence of 

 the curate, which we had secured, and the proclamation 



