112 PiltAGUAS. 



to Monpox, immediately on his landing last 

 night. We expected to get him punished, 

 as his family resided there, and we intend- 

 ed writing to the Juez Politico, who regu - 

 lateS' Such matters. 



Travelling in a piragua presented incon- 

 veniences which had not occurred on board 

 the canoe. The toldo of bamboo being- 

 made sufficiently strong, three of the bogas 

 were stationed upon it, whose trampling 

 disturbed us extremely, whilst the dust and 

 dirt it occasioned to fall through obliged 

 us to pin up a sheet to keep it from our 

 heads. In the mean time the piragua, ne- 

 cessarily keeping close in-shore, came every 

 instant in contact with the brushwood grow- 

 ing from the trees by the river side, and 

 dislodged myriads of musquitoes, which 

 covered our vessel, and tormented us with 

 their merciless attacks. 



