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Feb. 10th. Rose at daylight; and made my 

 arrangement with the peo7ts for carrying my 

 baggage to the other Tambo, at two reals for 

 twenty-five pounds. I had to pay the sillero 

 three dollars. As I was on the point of start- 

 ing, it commenced raining, which detained me 

 until noon, during which time I amused myself 

 by conversing with the Alcalde. 



The Tambo, which made an excellent quar- 

 ter-deck, is built of bamboo, and raised about 

 ten feet from the ground ; it is all open, ex- 

 cept one corner, where two little cabins are 

 formed for the Alcalde. The Tambo is about 

 fifty feet long, thirty broad, and twenty high. 

 On this platform are placed the tercios, and 

 there, likewise, the passengers have to lie. 

 Beneath are divisions made for securing pigs. 



At noon, the rain having abated, I set off. 

 I had first to embark in a very small canoe, 

 poled by a man and his daughter, a fine, 

 young, black girl, who had a handkerchief tied 

 across her shoulders, covering one breast, and 

 leaving the other bare. She had the complete 

 appearance of a black Amazon, evincing much 

 strength and quickness in the use of her pole, 

 and considerable agility in occasionally spring- 



