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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



source of annoyance ; besides which, we had a feel- 

 ing that operated during the whole of our journey : 

 wherever we were taken ill we became disgusted 

 with the place, and were anxious to leave it. 



We were setting out on a tour which, according 

 to the plan laid out, embraced a circuit of ruins, and 

 required us to revisit Nohcacab, although our return 

 would be only to make it a point of departure in 

 another direction. 



In consequence of this plan we left behind all 

 our heavy luggage, and carried with us only the Da- 

 guerreotype apparatus, hammocks, one large box con- 

 taining our tin table service, a candlestick, bread, 

 chocolate, coffee, and sugar, and a few changes of 

 clothing in pestaquillas. Besides Albino and Ber- 

 naldo we had a puny lad of about fifteen, named 

 Barnaby, a much smaller pattern than either of the 

 others, and all three together were hardly equal in 

 bulk to one fairly developed man. 



We were all provided with good horses for the 

 road. Mr. Catherwood had one onwdiich he could 

 make a sketch without dismounting; Dr. Cabot could 

 shoot from the back of his. Mine could, on an 

 emergency, be pushed into a hard day's journey for 

 a preliminary visit. Albino rode a hard-mouthed, 

 wilful beast, which shook him constantly like a fit 

 of the fever and ague, and which we distinguished 

 by the name of the trotter. Bernaldo asked for a 

 horse, because Albino had one, but, instead of riding, 

 he had to put a strap across his forehead and carry 

 his own luggage on his back. 



