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across the room for sleeping in at night, and 

 lolling in during the day. We have been 

 every w^here kindly received, and always 

 readily provided with a room, chairs, and 

 table : the rooms are, however, much worse 

 than a common English barn. Our ordi- 

 nary repast consisted of bread, soup, fried 

 eggs, and sausages. At each place, for a 

 quarter-dollar, we procured a female cook, 

 which relieved us from all trouble on that 

 score. 



6th. Rose at four o'clock, and finding that 

 Col. Rieux had not arrived, landed such of 

 his things as we had, and two servants to 

 wait for him : proceeded two leagues to 

 breakfast. After this, we passed the first ra- 

 pid, where the river ran more than a league 

 per hour, — the general average in the centre 

 being about two miles. Shot a monkey and 

 some grey cranes, which latter are very 

 good eating. A little after sunset, we were 



