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quito nets fitted for their hammocks, a great 

 advantage in these large boats, which are, 

 however, enormously expensive, requiring 

 thirteen hands. The whole expense of such 

 a conveyance from Monpox to Honda, at- 

 tended by a baggage-boat, amounts to nearly 

 1,200 dollars,* including provisions for one- 

 self, bogas, &c. 



I found all parties perfectly well, and in 

 the evening went with my friend Mr. Bray, 

 and passed the evening with Mrs. English. 

 This meeting with a few of my own country- 

 men in the depths of a South American wil- 

 derness, had an inexpressible charm and 

 pleasure; our conversation on matters fami- 

 liar to all, contrasted with our daily inter- 

 course with foreigners, seemed to render us 

 all one family ; and whilst it brought our own 

 native land forcibly to mind, annihilated the 

 space that divided us from it. I found Mrs. 



* A dollar equal to 4s. 2d. British. 



