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barbacoa), extending across one end of the room. 
No. I was my bed, made neat and comfortable with 
my own bedding (which I always carried about 
with me, and was half a mule-load). In No. 2 
slept two young fellows — the Padre's servants — on 
sheep-skins ; and in No. 3 slept his two maid- 
servants, at right angles to the men, and with their 
feet towards them. No. 4 is a bench whereon 
reposed my lad. No. 5 is a curtained four-post bed, 
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occupied by the Padre's maiden sister, of the matronly 
age of twenty-one years complete ; and No. 6 a 
small recess, jutting on the external corridor, where 
a young fellow — the Padre's nephew — extended his 
lazy length on a barbacoa ; but even this place was 
open to the main room, having a doorway but no 
door. I afterwards transferred my bed to No. 6, 
on the Padre's suggestion that it was snugger and 
more retired ! 
The Indians of the Ecuadorean Andes 
[I cannot find in Spruce's MSS. or notes any 
account of the natives of the highlands of Ecuador, 
although he must have seen a good deal of them as 
muleteers or porters during his very numerous 
