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time, which the judge told him he must 

 do, instead of taking decisive compulsory 

 means, which we could not prevail on him to 

 do. — We had little hopes of getting more, 

 and were only surprised at the partial suc- 

 cess we had, perceiving how justice was 

 administered here. ' Three of the bogas had 

 likewise decamped, so that we calculated 

 the whole loss to be fifty-eight dollars. We 

 now engaged a patron particularly well re- 

 commended, who selected four new hands, 

 with the intention of starting the following 

 morning. We found that our friend Col. 

 Rieux had arrived during our absence, and 

 also Mrs. English, widow of General English, 

 who fought and died in the defence of the 

 liberty of the Republic ; likewise Messrs. 

 Miranda and Wilson, who were preparing 

 to depart the next day, in a very large 

 champan or bongo, where they could hang 

 up seven hammocks, and thereby avoid the 

 torment of the musquitoes, by having mus- 



