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209 or at his head, snuffing at them all night I looked out for this- in first place and arranged with my next neighbour to place heads together and let the next lookout for our feet etc- I past a much more comfortable night, than had any idea of when laid down, was wet some, by the water runing down on side of the building where we laid.- after breakfast- had some trouble to find mules to ride- however we made out after a while- and it was 2 Oclock before we started, were obliged to wait for the fellow that took our things yesterday- he is to go across with us as guide etc- he returned for us. leaving our things/ baggage etc at his ranch some 4 or 5 miles out- arrived at his ranch about 11 Am where we found our things all safe- rested some half hour or so, then went on again- as there was not any Road- or beaten track for us to travel in much of the way- were obliged to travel through thick woods, and under brush- our guide on ahead, on foot cuting a path for us to drive through- then as the land is low, swampy, and it being the rainy season here now- we are obliged to wade our animals through mud & mire up to their middles in some places- with our feet draging through the mud etc after resting ourselves here a spell, we started on again, and