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JOURNEY TO THE 



had heard of rich English associations, and who 

 thought we were come to give them everything 

 they could desire. 



In the evening we got some supper, and slept on 

 the ground in an out-house. We had observed a 

 very savage dog tied up in the yard, which was 

 constantly trying to get at us. In the middle of 

 the night, while the moon was shining upon us 

 through some holes in the roof, this dog walked 

 in, and after smelling us all, he went to sleep 

 among us. 



The whole of the next day we spent in the mines 

 and the lavaderos, and in the evening I walked 

 alone into a little garden, and looked among the 

 soil for gold. I really was able to find a very few 

 particles, and it was singular to collect such a com- 

 modity in the gardens of such very poor people. 



On my return I called at several of the huts, to 

 receive some gold dust which I had promised to 

 purchase of them. It happened that I had nothing 

 but a quantity of four-dollar gold-pieces, and al- 

 though they were current all over South America,. 

 I found, to my very great astonishment, that no one 

 here would take them, In vain I assured them of 



