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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Search for Ruined Cities continued. — Journey to the Rancho of 

 Kewick. — Ruined Building. — Lose the Road. — Set right by an 

 Indian. — Arrival at Kewick. — The Casa Real. — Visit from the 

 Proprietor of the Rancho, a full-blooded Indian. — His Charac- 

 ter. — Visit to the Ruins. — Garrapatas. — Old Walls. — Fagades. — 

 Imposing Scene of Ruins. — Principal Doorway. — Apartments. 

 — Curious Painting. — Excavating a Stone. — A long Building. — 

 Other Ruins. — Continued Scarcity of Water. — Visit to a Cave, 

 called by the Indians Actum. — A wild Scene. — An Aguada. — 

 Return to the Casa Real. — A Crisis in Money Matters. — Jour- 

 ney to Xul. — Entry into the Village. — The Convent. — Recep- 

 tion. — The Cura of Xul. — His Character. — Mingling of Old 

 Things with New. — The Church. — A Levee. — A Welcome Ar- 

 rival. 



The next morning we resumed om* journey in 

 search of ruined cities. Our next point of destina- 

 tion was the rancho of Kewick, three leagues dis- 

 tant. Mr. Catherwood set out with the servants 

 and luggage, Dr. Cabot and myself following in 

 about an hour. The Indians told us there was no 

 difficulty in finding the road, and we set out alone. 

 About a mile from the rancho we passed a ruined 

 building on the left, surmounted by a high wall, with 

 oblong apertures, like that mentioned at Zayi as re- 

 sembling a New-England factory. The face of the 



