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The two side streams poured turbid avalanches of water into the Tubay* 
The natives said we were upon an island that might be flooded by the fur- 
ther rising of these streams , which our boats could not cross* Santiego 
with its houses and inviting convent awaited us only a mile away* Towards 
night* the rain* having become an ordinary drizzle, the streams began to 
lower, and at length an experiment was made of sending a banco without load, 
in charge of our boatmen to try to pass the mouths of the two rivers, after 
('Needle trees grow here)* 
which we all followed safely* Lieutenant Zapanti and 10 constabulary 
soldiers had left us lower down intending to follow a trail to Santiegoj 
but the rapid rising of streams had thwarted this intention, and the 
question of sending a relief boat was discussed, but, owing to the latenews 
of the hour was deemed inexpedient* Zapanti and his detachment must be 
left behind, if we would follow General Concepcion with such dispatch as to 
prevent his friends from notifying him of our approach* The convent at 
Santiego had been blown down, together with many other houses, during the 
day, by the hurricane; tut the Presidents installed us in a neighboring 
house where we cooked It partially dried our clothing until it became necessary 
to proceed—ai 10 P. M.—in order to reach the stronghold of General Con- 
cepcion before daylight* Our navy, which had consisted of 5 barotas 
propelled by expert boatmen using poles, was here reduced to 4, with 
paddles replacing the pushing poles* I went in the flagship with Colonel 
Harbord again, and we had 8 instead of 10 boatmen* Except for the heavy 
clouds it would have been bright as the moon was high and full* Tie passed 
swiftly up this portion of the Tubay River, which is a long estuary of the 
Lake* 7 hours brought us to the town of Jabanga, which our fleet passed 
like a cloud with never a splash of a paddle* Our success depended upon 
being able to pass Jabanga village without the knowledge of the inhabitants* 
Many lights were burning, but not so much as a dog bark was heard* 
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