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“bungoes” bad all gone up with tbe Orus. There were left 
two or three small canoes, and the scenes of competition around 
these were exciting, and often ludicrous in the extreme. Now 
a man would contract for passage for himself and friend, and 
while absent to arrange §ome little matter preparatory to a start, 
some one would offer the worthy Padrone (captain) a higher 
price, when he would immediately put the trunks of the first 
two on shore, and take on board those of the latter, together 
with their owners, and shove out into the stream. Now the 
first two would appear, with hands filled with refreshments for 
the voyage, and begin to look around for their boat. In a mo¬ 
ment their eyes fall upon their trunks, and the truth flashes 
across their imagination. Now the scene of excitement begins. 
The boat is ordered to the shore, it don’t come, and they at¬ 
tempt to wade out to it. The first step convinces them of the 
impracticability of this expedient, as they sink into the mud to 
their necks. Revolvers are flourished, but they can be used 
by both parties, consequently are not used at all. 
