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the remainder of the night in the wood. I was 

 the only dissentient from this proposal, for 

 Maclean could hardly speak for drowsiness. 

 Therefore, being determined to have my own 

 way, and having learnt to be angry in Spanish, 

 my earnestness of manner produced the desired 

 effect, and the peon soon found the road again. 

 After this I kept myself and the rest of the 

 party awake, by whistling, shouting, and sing- 

 ing, until I heard the joyful bark of the dogs, 

 at the post-hut, which we reached at three in 

 the morning. 



Here we slept on a mud floor, in a very 

 small hut, with all the family snoring about us. 

 I was too tired to look at, or speak to, any of 

 them ; but at day- light I was awoke by a dirty 

 woman who trod on me by mistake. On rising 

 I saw another woman lying on a bed in a corner, 

 and a man, who turned out to be her husband, 



