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I N C I D E N T S OF TRAVEL. 



to them, said ttiat made no difference ; they imme- 

 diately r I ? work again, and the machete fell with 

 a rapidiiv asiparaileled in our experience. In half 

 an hour space enough was cleared for Mr. C'aiher- 

 wood to set up his camera lucida. The same alert- 

 ness was shown in preparing a place for him to 

 stand m, and half a dozen stood ready to hold an 

 umbrella for his protection against the sun. 



The plate opposite represents the front of the 

 building. Its design i^ ^ ;] and even elegant, 

 and wb^ij pt'rfc t it t presented a fine ap- 



pearaaco. li bas a oorway, opening into a 



chaiii^KT twentv-tive feet icmg by ten wide. Above 

 li i pinion of i>iaitt m uui over 



1 ' supporting twelve >!h ^ v 



iu- • u them the diamond « nei. =t 



massive cornice, with pilasters and ^nd work, 



surmounted by another cornice, making in all four 

 cornices ; an arrangement we had not previously 

 met with. 



While Mr, Catherwood was making his drawing, 

 th* IrM^ • ^ -*oofl around under the shade of tbe 

 tref ^ btm <|aiet!y and respectfully, and 



niakuii ^uch other. They were a 



tine-loo; them, one tall old man 



part'' and they seemed 



10 ha ! trance and char- 



acter than V. oiidition of men 



not wearing pantal'^ once an enormous 



iguana, or lizard, doiibU^d tht* cmn^n of the building, 



