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barefoot and almost naked, sweating under their heavy 
burdens. Donkeys in trains carrying wood, or com- 
pletely enveloped in loads of dry corn-stalks, were 
also wending their way to market. These patient 
animals are much used by the poorer classes to carry 
their burdens. 
I sent Messrs. Thurber and Jacobs in advance, in the 
morning, with my letters of introduction for Governor 
Cordero and General Trias, as well as to select a suita- 
ble place for an encampment. This they accomplished, 
and metus as we entered the city. We drove at once 
through the town amid a tremendous cracking of whips, 
which teamsters take particular delight in on such 
occasions, to the “ Buen Viage,”’ a large inclosure 
with a high wall. Within this all the wagons were 
driven, and on one side the tents were pitched. This 
was a great convenience to us, as we were free from 
the annoyance of the lazy, pilfering class which hover 
about a town, and by whom a train and party like ours 
would be considered fair game. 
