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MALDONADO 
CHAP. Ill 
opposite side of the room. The frame of a looking-glass was 
blackened, and the gilding must have been volatilised, for a 
smelling-bottle, which stood on the chimneypiece, was coated 
with bright metallic particles, which adhered as firmly as if they 
had been enamelled. 
HALT AT A PULPERIA ON THE PAMPAS. 
