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a four days' journey, from whence they were 

 to bring eight hundred men destined to 

 carry on the war against Morales. Having 

 landed, we called on some friends of Mr. 

 Bray, and immediately procured a house for 

 our baggage and for sleeping in. We then 

 set about procuring a piragua, a patron, and 

 five bogas, to carry us on to Honda. 



11th. This city has an agreeable walk, 

 the whole extent of the banks of the river ; 

 and at the higher extremity is shaded with 

 trees, under which the market is held, the 

 canoes bringing the produce of the country 

 into the very midst of the market Passing 

 this, we found men busily employed in con- 

 structing champans for the commerce of the 

 river. We went to see the piragua fitting up 

 for us, which was quite new, commodious, 

 and well adapted for the voyage. We 

 agreed to pay fifty dollars for the use of it. 

 To the patron we gave sixteen dollars, and 



