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mules do tlie transportation of goods. There are a few 
wheeled vehicles here, and among them some very 
fine private carriages, which are used between this and 
Hermosillo, where the road is good ; but they cannot 
be employed except with difficulty in traversing other 
parts of the country, owing to continuous mountain 
chains which intersect the State on the north, east and 
south. Governor Cubillas had interested himself much 
for me, and promised to apprise me of the first oppor- 
tunity that offered to go to Guaymas, or even to Her- 
mosillo. To-day he called with the pleasing news that 
in three days I should have a conveyance. 
It did not take me long to prepare for my journey ; 
for when I left my party on the San Pedro in Septem- 
ber I expected to be back in eight or ten days, and 
consequently made but small provision for my trip. My 
wardrobe therefore was very meagre. A portable cot, 
bedding, and a single camp stool, with my fire-arms, 
constituted all my other effects. I now found it ne- 
cessary, to procure some cooking utensils, and a few 
articles for a camp chest, as there are no hotels in the 
country, or any public places of entertainment. Besides 
these, I had to get an animal for my servant to ride, 
and two pack-mules, for transporting the luggage, and 
an arriero to attend to them. 
