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clean shirt would not work, and another fellow had a 
stomach-ache and could not; but the military authority 
was respected, and the wood soon loaded. The pilot¬ 
house was a fine, roomy place on the upper deck, and our 
comfort was in marked contrast to the experience of the 
canoa-voyage up, some months before. Islands and la¬ 
goons succeeded each other rapidly, and we soon crossed 
the Golfete and were in the beautiful Eio Dulce. At 
three in the afternoon we arrived at the wharf in Living¬ 
ston, and our pleasant journey was at an end. 
Whistle from Las Quebradas. 
