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ing a simple, primitive, and almost patriarchal state 

 of society ; and so strong is the sense of personal se- 

 curity, that, notwithstanding the crowds of stran- 

 gers, and although every day Don Simon had sat 

 with doors open and piles of money on the table, 

 so little apprehension was there of robbery, that we 

 slept without a door or window locked. 



