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as we saw in one place the vestiges of a stone wall 

 along the brink. On this side Doctor Cabot had 

 erected a railing for protection, which the mischiev- 

 ous boys of Piste afterward pulled down ; we tempt- 

 ed them with a reward of two reales apiece for the 

 discovery of the offenders, but none of them ever 

 accepted the offer. These boys, by-the-way, with 

 the inhabitants of Piste generally, both men and 

 women, seemed to consider that the opening of this 



