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my guides) \^ith a shirt and pair erf trowsers, 

 in consequence of the intense heat, and la- 

 bour in ascending the mountain. 



On entering the second cave, I found 

 the load running at an angle of about 

 twenty-five from the perpendicular; it was 

 nearly two feet thick, and consisted of soft 

 red earth ; from which, my guide informed 

 me, that he himself had obtained a good 

 deal of gold, by washing. I then determin- 

 ed to prove the truth of this, by returning 

 the following morning with some washers. 

 The third cave was nearly similar to this. 

 After my examination 1 returned to the town 

 very much fatigued with my day's work. 



I proposed to my guide that he should 

 attend with the washers, and try the mine, 

 the next morning ; this, to my surprise, he 

 declined, but promised to send me the ne- 

 cessary workmen. 



