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carry on a conversation in Spanish ; so a little 

 music chimed in well during the visits and 

 rendered it less formal. I was much pleased, 

 however, with this first introduction to a 

 Spanish house. The Spanish Creoles are as 

 celebrated for their good breeding and polite- 

 ness as their ancestors in Old Spain, and are 

 not reckoned inferior in personal charms ; 

 and they show the latter to advantage by their 

 graceful manners. 



Oct. 30.— In company with Mrs. Hamilton and 

 the captain, I attempted to cross the green lumps 

 of earth to day, which separate the cliff from 

 the sands ; but it was a vain experiment. We 

 were surrounded with puddles, and washing 

 pools, and finally gave it up in despair. A 

 black woman, who had seen our embarrassments, 

 offered to show us a path, mm/ mejor (much 

 better) ; but as we were preparing to follow her, 



