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kill any. Returning homewards, my guide 

 led me to a spot which was sometimes the 

 resort of wild deer : at the moment, fortu- 

 nately for me, one was grazing there, which 

 I killed with buck-shot, hitting her in the 

 neck. She was a beautiful young animal, in 

 good condition. I carried her down in tri- 

 umph, and was allowed by general acclama- 

 tion to be the most fortunate man of the day. 

 The principal spoil of the rest of the party 

 consisted of Muscovy ducks, tame cocks, 

 barn-door fowls, &c. which they had shot, 

 because they could procure no sport in the 

 field, and therefore took their revenge on the 

 domestic poultry. Every thing was however 

 paid for, and the cottagers requested us to 

 return and visit them again at some future 

 period. We then embarked ; and, on reaching 

 the ship, sat down to a good supper in the 

 gun-room of the Isis, where we canvassed 

 our exploits, and terminated a day of pleasure 

 and conviviality. 



Lancasterian schools are established through 

 the country; there is one at Carthagena al- 

 ready. There are but few priests here, as an 

 order from the government has compelled the 



