144 QUARREL WITH THE BOGAS. 



relief, came to thank me, and offered me a 

 few eggs and tomatas, being all she had, 

 which of course I declined. The river 

 worse than ever ; no change of scene. 

 Obliged to sleep on a small spot, cleared 

 by some former travellers, where we fool- 

 ishly trusted to the appearance of the night, 

 and to our incerados. About one o'clock 

 the thunder and lightning commenced, and 

 at two o'clock the rain came down in tor- 

 rents, and soon completely drenched us, our 

 bedding, and clothes. 



3d. We wished to dry our bedding, &c. 

 but the bogas said that if we would not 

 detain them there, we might reach a house 

 a little after sunset. At sunset, however, 

 we found our friends quietly beginning to 

 make fast the canoe for the night, to a tree : 

 we consequently had a violent quarrel, and 

 succeeded in forcing them on, by which 

 means we arrived at ten o'clock at a com- 



