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severe relapse, and in the evening Dr. Cabot, de- 

 pressed by the state of things, and out of pure sym- 

 pathy, joined us. Our servants went away, we 

 were all three pinned to our beds together, and de- 

 termined forthwith to leave Uxmal. 



The next day it rained again, and we passed the 

 hours in packing up, always a disagreeable opera- 

 tion, and then painfully so. The next day we de- 

 parted, perhaps forever, from the Casa del Gober- 

 nador. 



As we descended the steps, Mr, C. suggested 

 that it was Newyear s day. It was the first time 

 this fact had presented itself; it called up scenes 

 strikingly contrasted with our own miserable con- 

 dition, and for the moment we would have been 

 glad to be at home. Our coches were in readiness 

 at the foot of the terrace, and we crawled in ; the 

 Indians raised us upon their shoulders, and we were 

 in motion from Uxmal. There was no danger of 

 our incurring the penalty of Lot's wife ; we never 

 looked back; all the interest we had felt in the 

 place was gone, and we only wanted to get away. 

 Silent and desolate as we found them, we left the 

 ruins of Uxmal, again to be overgrown with trees, 

 to crumble and fall, and perhaps, in a few gener- 

 ations, to become, like others scattered over the 

 country, mere shapeless and nameless mounds. 



Our housekeeping and household were again 

 broken up. Albino and Bernaldo followed us, and 

 as we passed along the edge of the milpa, half hid- 



