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for the extreme length and silvery splendour of 

 it's numerous stamina. We crossed the suburb 

 of the Indians, the streets of which are very re- 

 gular, and formed of small houses, quite new, 

 and of a pleasing appearance. This part of the 

 town had just been rebuilt, on account of the 

 earthquakes, which had laid Cumana in ruins 

 eighteen months before our arrival. Scarcely 

 had we passed, on a wooden bridge, the Man- 

 zanares, which contains a few bavas, or croco- 

 diles of the smaller species, when we every 

 where perceived the traces of this horrible ca- 

 tastrophe ; new edifices were rising on the ruins 

 of the old. 



We were conducted by the captain of the Pi- 

 zarro to the governor of the province, Don 

 Vincente Emparan, to present to him the pass- 

 ports which had been given us by the first se- 

 cretary of state. He received us with that 

 frankness, and that noble simplicity, which has 

 at all times characterized the Biscayan nation. 

 Before he was named governor of Portobello 

 and Cumana, he had distinguished himself as 

 captain of a vessel in the royal navy. His name 

 recalls to mind one of the most extraordinary 

 and distressing events recorded in the history of 

 maritime wars. At the time of the last rupture 

 between Spain and England, two brothers of 

 Mr. d' Emparan fought during a whole night be- 



