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caught some very good butterflies, and when I came in to Ijreak- 

 fast, I found our guide arrived — Don Jose Antonio de Leon — a 

 regular character — an ugly raw-boned Indian, of about 6 feet 

 very thin and a great talker — dressed in a pair of trousers, shirt 

 and hat, with a large knife. 



After breakfast Enrique Sagebien took two photographic views, 

 one of the house, family and ourselves — and another of us and 

 the sea beach. The first turned out badly, but the second is a 

 good picture. 



At 12:45 we started under a burning sun, leaving behind our 

 hammocks and guns, as they were too much to carry — in all 10 

 persons — viz. five white — 3 negroes — the guide and Correa, 

 whom we asked to come. 



After crossing three rivers, we began to ascend, and then our 

 hard work commenced — at first I thought I should never get 

 along, being out of practice, but by stopping for a minute now 

 and then, we managed to continue — our way lying thro' splendid 

 woods containing Mahogany, Fustic, Palms and many other 

 trees, of which I do not know the English names — and at 5 p. m. 

 we arrived at a considerable height, among the clouds — and 

 ,^J* finding here a small pool of very dirty w^ater we encamped for 

 the night. 



We constructed a sort of "Rancho," with four uprights, a 

 few cross poles, and some palm leaves thrown on the top, as a 

 precaution against the dew — and on the ground put some pieces 

 of "Yagua" Palm, to keep out the damp. 



I dont know what part of the tree this is — it is neither leaf 

 nor bark, but grows around the lower part of the stem of the 

 leaf, and drops off once a month — it is very tough — over 34 of 

 an inch in thickness and in pieces of about 3 feet X 2 — they use 

 it here for storing up the bales of tobacco and many other 

 purposes. 



Having made a fire and had our dinner and coft"ee, we smoked 

 and listened to stories of our guide about the captures of palenques 

 of runaway negroes, and went to bed about 8 p. m. wrapped 

 round with our blankets, and W'ith our shoes and game bags for 

 pillows. 



