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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



cept Mr. Catherwood's riding mule, and her hoofs were 

 worn down even with the flesh. 



Pawling' s difficulties were now over. I procured for 

 him a separate passport, and he had before him a clear 

 road to Mexico ; but his interest had been awakened ; 

 he was loth to leave us, and after a long consultation 

 and deliberation resolved that he would go with us to 

 Palenque. 



