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84 TRAVEnS IN EtJROPE•. self acquainted witl1 thèm. ,Whâtevertnith may'be in the prineiple ofntllla ji'onte fides,it never will be a persuasive one. Had the, converse'of flie Case existed, had there' beendifficulties tosmooth, he carriedbenevolence enoùgh with him to have doncit;" and the sequel provedhôw just}y thé confidence was claimed.-But'IloW for a pictureof a differbntshade'{ 'but equaHy ilecessary for such as ma! go this route.obtaill travelling conve)'tlrlce, and the cattle fol' the purpose, applicitionmust be made, under the regime of this 'country, to the adminislmdorde correos of the place (i'n English thepostmaster), by virtue ofthe tra~;ener's genm'al passport; 'commanding assistance t~ him From aIloffiecrs ~iviI; àndrnilitàry,and'whie,h if iB his business to obtain pre"vioûsly tb sètting out upon his journey.ToThis precaution duly taken~applIcation wasmade here'to the administ'Pador, whoin consequeFlce andcorisideratibn t)f sixtYreals good and Iawful moneyduly paid into his'hand, isstied notice that sueh personsas werewilling to employ th€'ll1­selves and cattle to couvey the traveJ1ers might da. so.. Consequently,certainpersons finding the others had obtained the due privIlege to hecheated,offered themsdve's'to perform the office. The business commencedwith an' agreementstrictly ratified and witnessed for the duesupply of cattle for the journey, under the denomina,tion of bestias conaparejo.The florid imaginations of the travellers had depicted theseterms into the ideas Qf mules, saddles, and bridles. Neither the tech"@nieal definitions of the naturalist, nor the grammatical arrangements oflanguage, entered their minds, which were tao much perhaps engagedwith the favourite object, the end of the journey, to admit ofit; butthinking a full, not to say eXOl:bitant priee, made a hopefulbargain,.they were great)y astonished, on turning out for procedure, to have'presented', fdr theirbestriding at the door, donkeys not of the mostgra~d.6ûsâppearance f eten in'their ownrace,caparisonedwith straw p~