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JOURNEY ACROSS 



CHAPTER XIII. 



JOURNEY ACROSS THE PAMPAS, CON- 

 TINUED. 



St. Luis — Inopportune curiosity — Spanish credulity — 

 Ill-timed severity — Represa — An agreeable disappoint- 

 ment — A restive horse — A grumbling postmistress — 

 A horse-hunt — Distant view of the Andes — Crossing 

 a river — Foxes and hares. 



It was too late to visit the Governor of St. 

 Luis; but I confided our passports to the 

 colonel of Don Joachim's regiment, who, with 

 many others, came to congratulate their com- 

 rade on his safe arrival, and to hear the news 



