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Travels and Adventures 



hanging it in the sun. All this, together with a very 

 ordinary mode of cooking, renders most of it anything 

 but palatable. The vegetables consist of sweet and 

 ordinary potatoes, together with the cassava root; a 

 variety of tropical fruits and coffee conclude the repast. 



BEDSTEAD WITH MOSQUITO-NET USED OX THE MAGDALENA STEAMBOAT. 



The sleeping arrangements on board these boats are 

 of the most novel. On the approach of evening the 

 deck is cleared, and about a dozen trestle bedsteads, 

 covered with a kind of sacking are brouo-ht out. One 

 of these is allotted to each passenger, who immediately 

 commences with his arrangements of cords and muslin, 

 so as to hang his mosquito-net in a position to 



