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on board. I then waited on the Juez Poli- 

 tico, and made my complaint to him. He 

 sent for the patron, told him he had behaved 

 improperly, and that he must return the mo- 

 ney he had received, which he promised to 

 do the following morning. With respect to 

 the bogas, he said he would endeavour to re- 

 cover the money paid them by us, but that 

 there was no law by which they could be 

 punished, and that consequently he could do 

 no more for us, much as he wished it. Our 

 luggage was landed, the patron and bogas 

 released, and we returned to our old habita- 

 tion, to the great surprise of our friend Va- 

 lilla, whom we found sitting at his door, 

 according to the custom of the country. 



18th. In the morning we waited on the 

 Juez Politico, who sent for the patron, and 

 ordered him to refund the money he had 

 received ; on which he tendered ten dollars, 

 and promised to bring the rest at a future 



