A WELCOME ARRIVAL. 



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dom our good fortune to meet with. The proprie- 

 tor could give us very Httle information about the 

 ruins, but undertook to make all the necessary ar- 

 rangements for our exploration of them, and to ac- 

 company us himself 



At that moment w^e stood upon a giddy height. 

 To ask the loan of a few dollars might lower us 

 materially. The evening was wearing away with- 

 out any opportunity of entering upon this interest- 

 ing subject, when, to our great satisfaction, we heard 

 the clattering of horses' hoofs, and Albino made his 

 appearance. The production of a bag of dollars 

 fixed us in our high position, and we were able to 

 order Indians for the rancho of Nohcacab the next 

 day. We finished the evening with a warm bath 

 in a hand-basin, under the personal direction of the 

 cura, which relieved somewhat the burning of gar- 

 rapata bites, and then retired to our hammocks. 



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