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she expressed a hope that ere long some 

 good instruments would arrive from Eng- 

 land, and that teachers of music would 

 come out, so that she should be able to 

 obtain some lessons on the piano-forte, 

 which she was very desirous to learn. 



At noon we took leave of this hospitable 

 family, mounted our horses, and proceeded 

 to a village on the banks of the Cienega, 

 about a league from the curacy, called 

 Pueblo Viejo, where we were detained a 

 considerable time in order to make the ne- 

 cessary arrangements in our canoe, as the 

 Bogas, or watermen, with the characteristic 

 indolence of the country, had neglected 

 commencing preparations until our arrival. 

 At four in the afternoon we embarked on 

 board a canoe fitted up with a toldo, or 

 covering, over the afterpart, for us to lie 

 down under, which afforded tolerable ac- 

 commodation for two, although it requires 



