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Traveling in Chili

           Ifastrapgotloose,orareinfell,aPEONcameforwardinstantly,andthrowingoffhisponcho,flungitoverhisbeast’sheadtilltheaccidentwasrepairedandthemarchresumed.

           Thecustomofthemuleteersistostartimmediatelyafterbreakfast,abouteighto’clock,andnottostoptilltheycampforthenight,about4P.M.Glenarvanfellinwiththepractice,andthefirsthaltwasjustastheyarrivedatArauco,situatedattheveryextremityofthebay.Tofindtheextremityofthe37thdegreeoflatitude,theywouldhaverequiredtoproceedasfarastheBayofCarnero,twentymilesfurther.ButtheagentsofGlenarvanhadalreadyscouredthatpartofthecoast,andtorepeattheexplorationwouldhavebeenuseless.Itwas,therefore,decidedthatAraucoshouldbethepointofdeparture,andtheyshouldkeeponfromtheretowardtheeastinastraightline.

           Sincetheweatherwassofavorable,andthewholeparty,evenRobert,wereinperfecthealth,andaltogetherthejourneyhadcommencedundersuchfavorableauspices,itwasdeemedadvisabletopushforwardasquicklyaspossible.Accordingly,thenextdaytheymarched35milesormore,andencampedatnightfallonthebanksofRioBiobio.Thecountrystillpresentedthesamefertileaspect,andaboundedinflowers,butanimalsofanysortonlycameinsightoccasionally,andtherewerenobirdsvisible,exceptasolitaryheronorowl,andathrushorgrebe,flyingfromthefalcon.

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