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horse. I galloped on to the post-hut, and waited 

 there more than an hour for the carriage. At 

 last I saw it coming at a walk, and as soon as it 

 drove up, Pizarro said he could go no farther. I 

 was therefore obliged to order another boy as a 

 postilion, and while they were catching the horses 

 with the lasso, I was assisting poor Pizarro. I was 

 very sorry to be obliged to leave him, particularly 

 as he seemed so unwilling to leave me. I gave 

 him some money, half a bottle of brandy, which 

 was all I had ; and to a woman, who was a few years 

 younger than Pizarro, and of the same mongrel 

 breed as himself, I gave two dollars, to rub 

 Pizarro's back three times a-day with the brandy ; 

 and I put some salt into it, that the woman 

 should not drink the brandy, instead of rubbing 

 Pizarro's back with it. This being all I could do 

 for him, I mounted my horse, and wishing him 

 good-bye, to which he replied, " Senor, vaya con 

 Dios,'' I left him. 



I desired the carriage to follow, and I rode from 

 post to post ordering horses to be ready for the 

 carriage, and got to San Luis about one o^clock 

 in the morning. I was completely by myself, with- 



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