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out in cuadras. There are only one or two decent 

 houses in the town; these were white- washed. 

 There is a good church and plaza ; the post is 

 wretchedly bad. We were fortunate enough to 

 get to a very good pulperia^ kept by Juan J oze 

 Gil, who was very attentive, and made us as 

 comfortable as could be expected. 1 here had 

 the luxury of a shave and change of linen, for 

 the first time since leaving Buenos Ayres, which, 

 after twelve days^ filth and dirt, was no small 

 pleasure ; and, with the addition of a good 

 supper, I managed to pass the night with some 

 degree of comfort. 



Monday^ &th. Left San Luis at ten, with a 

 relay of twenty horses. Met a Mr. B. from Men- 

 doza ; and travelled on through brushwood and 

 trees, at times cutting our way through till we 

 arrived at the post of Represa, seven leagues ; 

 from whence, we took fresh horses, and after pass- 

 ing seven leagues over a tolerable road, saw the 

 beautiful lake of Chorillas on the left, with the hills 

 of San Luis rising on the opposite shore. Leaving 



