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fence ; he escaped again, and after following 

 him through the thorny cactuses, he took shel- 

 ter, as if wearied, in a cowhouse, whence he 

 suffered himself to be quietly led to prison. 



Mr. Bonpland had a fever during the night ; 

 but of a stout heart, and possessing that cheerful 

 character, which a traveller ought to consider 

 as one of the most precious gifts of nature, he 

 continued his labours the next day. The stroke 

 of the macana had extended to the top of his head, 

 and he felt it's effects two or three months dur- 

 ing the stay he made at Caraccas. In stooping 

 to collect plants, he was sometimes seized with 

 a giddiness, which led us to fear that an inter- 

 nal abscess was forming. Happily these appre- 

 hensions were unfounded, and symptoms, at 

 first so alarming, gradually disappeared. The 

 inhabitants of Cumana showed us the warmest 

 marks of their concern. We learnt, that the 

 Zambo was a native of one of the Indian vil- 

 lages, which surround the great lake of Mara- 

 caybo. He had served on board a privateer 

 belonging to the Island of St. Domingo, and in 

 consequence of a quarrel with the captain, he 

 had been left on the coast of Cumana, when the 

 ship quitted the coast. Having seen the signal 

 which we had placed to observe the height of 

 the tides, he had watched the moment when 

 he could attack us on the beach. But why, 

 after having knocked one of us down, was he 



