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violent vomitings ; scarcely able to proceed ; 

 nearly falling every instant from my mule ; 

 terrible pain in my loins and head, which 

 the motion of the animal I rode increased. 

 Passed the river Quindio three times, and halt- 

 ed about four o'clock at an open spot near 

 the river, when I fortunately met with a very 

 civil muleteer, with his tent ready made, un- 

 der which I crept, and lay down. Scarcely 

 had I entered, when it began to rain in tor- 

 rents, with thunder and lightning. The storm 

 lasted for two hours, during which time I 

 slept soundly ; and when my own tent was 

 ^ prepared for me, on awaking, I retired to it. 

 Malarino kindly gave me half of a wild turkey 

 he had just killed, of which I made soup, which 

 did me much good. 



Jan. 5th. Thermometer, at six, a. m., 66''. 

 Passed a very bad night ; horribly bad ; mud 

 up to the girths ; my mule fell four times, 

 but fortunately did me no hurt. Rose seve- 

 ral wild turkeys, and saw an animal of a breed 

 between a hare and a rabbit. Slept at the 

 contadero called Novilla, a very damp place. 

 Much annoyed by a turkey, screeching like 

 a woman in distress, during the whole night. 



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