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At ten o'clock, we took leave of our kind 

 hostess and daughter. As we entered the 

 small village of Suta, Senor Paris pointed 

 out to nie a large rock, round the base of 

 which the road turned. He said the pea- 

 santry believed that the devil had brought 

 it there one night, in order to prevent their 

 proceeding to worship the Virgin of Chiquin- 

 quera; but that angels pursuing him, he was 

 obliged to let go his hold, before he got into 

 a gap in the mountain a little distance fur- 

 ther on; which pass the stone most certainly 

 would have filled up. This is recorded as 

 one of the miracles done by the power of the 

 Virgin, and her votaries still continue flock- 

 ing to her shrine. At one we stopped at the 

 Hacienda of Toursaleta, belonging to Senor 

 Pepe Flores, who received us most kindly, 

 and begged us to remain for the night ; in- 

 stead of which we prevailed on him to pro- 

 mise to accompany us to the village of Wat- 



