A STAMPEDE. 



CHAPTER XAa. 



UPON" A WALK Oi^ THE QUITO ROAD, AKD A JOURN"EY TO ALTAR. 



Our new courier was a little creature, who rode a diminutive 

 animal, and so they were well matched ; but the unhappy beast 

 had also to carry a huge Mexican saddle which was as much as 

 his master could lift — garnished as it was with many appendages, 

 including the fashionable metal ^shoe-stirrups/ Campana aspired 

 to look comme il faut, and wore the orthodox buskins, with several 

 ponchos one on top of the other, and tossed the tails of his com- 

 forter behind so that they might float in the wind, and shew his 

 carved drinking-cup, which together with the raacheta are outward 

 and visible signs of respectability. Let it be said for the little 

 man that under his auspices we travelled more rapidly, more 

 pleasantly and economically than before. No unlawful gains went 

 into his pockets, and he was an excellent interpreter. 



We got away from Machachi on the 8th of June to make an- 



