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fell in. I pointed it out, and proposed 

 planking the sides, in which Senor Rivero 

 concurred ; but we could not persuade our 

 friend Pepe that this was requisite. The 

 distance required to be cut, I found to be 

 about forty yards; which might easily be 

 done with proper care, and an expense of 

 perhaps two thousand dollars. 



Having well examined every thing, we 

 returned, by a little after sunset, to Echdr- 

 l^che, where we enjoyed an excellent sup- 

 per, and a good night's repose. 



Oct. 4th. We made an excursion to the 

 summit of the cone which forms the La- 

 goon, following the ancient Indian road, 

 now quite neglected, and overgrown in 

 many parts with brushwood and trees. On 

 the edge of the cone, we saw two of the se- 

 pulchres of the Caciques, hewn in the sand- 

 stone rock. And here is said to be a cave, 



