Clarence King 



" Yes," I replied, " very destructive, 

 very exhausting ; but, thank God, 

 North and South are now beginning 

 to be friends again." 



" Are you of the North or of the 

 South?" 



" The North." 



" Do you not find it very trying to 

 have those Chilians in your Lima, 

 sefior ? " 



Weeks before this I had given up 

 trying to stretch the Spanish concep- 

 tion of America to include a country 

 north of Mexico, for the land of Cor- 

 tes is the limit of imagination in that 

 direction ; so I helplessly assented. 

 Yes, it was trying. 



The boy returned with the paper ; 

 ink-horns and pens were successfully 

 searched for, and the document was 

 executed and sealed. 



Salazar and I withdrew after salut- 

 ing the upright official, mounted our 

 beasts, received the soft benediction 



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