SHOOTING PARTY. 



469 



the night, it being about nine o'clock. On the 

 whole, I was pleased with the party. Mon- 

 tilla was facetious, and did his utmost to malie 

 himself agreeable, in which he succeeded ex- 

 tremely well. On the 5th of April Captain 

 Forrest arrived, on board the Isis, and in the 

 afternoon came on shore. I was delighted to 

 meet my old friend, who was astonished to 

 see me in Carthagena. 



On the 8th, Mr. Rennie, Mr. Isaacs, Mr. 

 Miers, and myself, made a pic-nic shooting- 

 party with the officers of the Isis. We slept 

 on board the frigate the evening before, and 

 started at daylight next morning, having taken 

 a hasty breakfast previously ; and landing at 

 Senor Lazaro de Herrera's estate, we divided 

 into parties, and commenced operations. At 

 nine o'clock we all assembled to a second 

 breakfast, with a very motley show of game, 

 the best being three quails, shot by my com- 

 panion Mr. Rennie, and myself. Mirth and 

 laughter presided at our meal, which we all 

 enjoyed ; each telling his merry joke, and each 

 joining heartily in the laugh it raised. After 

 our breakfast, which was infinitely better than 

 our sport, we turned into our hammocks, and 



