ABODE AT THE RUINS. 



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worn ; the tablets on the south, both in the drawing 

 and Daguerreotype view, presented a confused ap- 

 pearance. Both were composed of separate stones ; 

 but the subjects on the different pieces appeared, in 

 some cases, to want adaptation to each other, and 

 almost suggested the belief that they were fragments 

 of other tablets, put together without much regard 

 to design of any kind. 



Night was almost upon us when Albino inquired 

 in what apartment he should hang up our hammocks. 

 In the interest of our immediate occupations we had 

 not thought of this; a buzzing in the woods gave 

 ominous warning of moschetoes, and we inchned to 

 the highest range ; but it was unsafe to carry our 

 things up, or to move about the broken terraces in 

 the dark. We selected, as the most easy of access, 

 the rooms indicated in the engraving by the second 

 doorway on the left, which, as the reader may see, 

 was partly encumbered in front by the ruins of the 

 fa9ade on the right. We secured the doorway 

 against moschetoes with the black muslin used for 

 the Daguerreotype tent. The kitchen was estab- 

 lished in the corner room, and as soon as all was 

 arranged we called in the servants, and associated 

 them with us in an interesting and extraordinary 

 sitting, as a committee of ways and means. The 

 horses were well provided for in the way of green 

 food, for many of the trees cut down were noble ra- 

 mons, but there was neither corn nor water, and we 

 were equally destitute ourselves. Except our sta- 



