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VOVAGE. 



attention from these winged persecutors to 

 some Spanish works I had brought with me 

 in order to improve my knowledge of the 

 language. 



In the evening we were obliged to take up 

 our abode on a sandy beach, such as are 

 occasionally met with in going up. The 

 patron and bogas had, during the day, be- 

 haved extremely ill : and indeed we several 

 times debated on the expediency of return- 

 ing to Monpox. I suppose their conduct 

 originated in our turning the non-commis- 

 sioned officer out of the piragua, as we 

 afterwards found he was a friend of the pa- 

 tron. I slept most comfortably, having ex- 

 cluded all musquitoes, and there was an 

 agreeable air which made it almost cold 

 enough for a blanket. The bogas formed a 

 little encampment with their toldos ; their 

 method of arranging their sleeping-places is 

 as follows : two poles, generally those be- 



