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ets, it was necessary that I should go into quarters and 
keep as quiet as possible. Two of the party therefore 
rode on in advance, taking with them my letters to 
Governor Aguilar. We reached the borders of the 
town before they rejoined us; and I was glad to throw 
myself on a tent cloth in the shade of a mezquit tree, 
and there await the return of my friends. Soon after 
they came, but had only succeeded after much search 
in obtaining a room in the rear of an unoccupied shop, 
of which I at once took possession. The walls were 
of uncolored adobe, and the floor of brick, while the 
light was admitted from a small barred window resem- 
bling that of a prison, which opened into a court yard. 
My furniture consisted of my portable cot, a leather 
pannier which contained a small portion of my clothes, 
and acamp stool. The morning after I arrived, the 
Governor, Don José de Aguilar, called on me and 
kindly offered +his services; but I was too ill to say 
much, *or even listen with attention. An American 
physician, Doctor Campbell, who had long resided in 
the place and had been aresident of the State for some 
twenty-five years, hearing of my arrival, came at once 
to see me; and from what he said, I found that my 
illness was a serious one, and that I should not be able 
to leave for along time. Doctor Webb remained with 
me; and my servant, a faithful Irishman named William 
Turner, also occupied a corner of the room. After 
being here about two weeks, I was carried to other 
and somewhat more comfortable quarters. 
My new room was about twenty-five feet square, 
with a brick floor and colored walls; and as is gener- 
ally the case with the smaller apartments in large 
