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bough to bough, or occasionally taking wing, 

 when disturbed by our approach ; the un- 

 usual freshness of the air, and the varied 

 beauties of the scenery, had a most pleasing 

 effect on our spirits, fatigued as we were 

 by our long confinement to the river and 

 its miseries. 



We found this evening that there were 

 mules at the bodegas, belonging to the pro- 

 prietor of those for which we had sent, that 

 were waiting for the champans we had left 

 behind us on the river, and which we there- 

 fore knew would not be wanted for two or 

 three days. We accordingly applied to the 

 man in charge of them, whom we prevailed 

 on to let us have them to proceed with, 

 giving up those which had been sent for on 

 our account to the expected travellers, and 

 we thus were enabled to proceed on the 

 following morning, the twenty-first, when. 



