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only twenty-five children. This merchant had traveled in 

 the United States, and could not help contrasting the thrift 

 and entei'prise of our country with the beggary and lazi- 



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ness of his own, adding, with a show of sincerity, " I am 

 sorry I have Spanish blood in my veins." The suburbs of 

 Bodegas reminded us of the outskirts of Cairo ; but the 

 road soon entered a broad savannah instead of a sandy 



