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on stones, to serve as a fireplace. At three 

 P.M. passed the bed of a river now dry, 

 called Patico, and arrived at Santa Anna at 

 six o'clock, having performed nine leagues. 

 Obtained immediate admittance into a 

 house, and found a very attentive hostess, 

 who received us kindly, cooked our supper, 

 and would have allowed us to depart with- 

 out making her any compensation, to receive 

 which she would hardly get up when we 

 started in the morning. 



