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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



ears of the seiiora, and the evening before our arri- 

 val orders from her had arrived at the rancho for all 

 the Indians to put themselves at our command ; and 

 this delicate manner of doing us a service is one of 

 the many acts of kindness I have to acknow^ledge to 

 the citizens of Yucatan. The old alcalde again 

 w^aited till he became sleepy, when he asked per- 

 mission to go to his hut, and four or five Indians 

 again hung up their hammocks under the arbour. 



