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And why not ? He £ el £ bun # ejjf non ^ the less a brafre m * n because of the absence of his \ ( trumpery ; but his long , scraggy figure was certainly very ludicrous . He received us wifcha perfect ease and self-possession that would have done justice to any local cifcuflqstiluses of r ^ jqk apd forjga ; welcomed $# to the island with a sententious compliment , invited us to take a ckrar
and a glass of aquadiente , a « d apologized for his morning deshabille , saying thaf " the weather was exceeding hot just at this time of day , and as to the sand-flies and mttsquitoes , he was used to them . " Live and let live . Aquadient ^ i « not a
beverage at all to my taste , being a common sort of Spanish brandy , of a pale-yellow tinge , rank flaypur , and like liquid fite . This miserably garrison , arid a grog-hut tept by an Indian and his family , constituted all the jnhapitanta of Sacraficios . ija thf
Captain S—— ajft ^ r this pn t qn board frigate , and then pulled off for the town . He mounted a horse that was waiting for him on the beach , and instead of crossing the country , which was the shortest way , as well a * the safest plan , he galloped straight along the beach , and passing diiee-tly
in front of the castle , entered at the mole-gates . It was not likely that a single gun would hit him at th ^ t distance ; nevertheless , if they had thought proper to fire p . c } ozep " upon a 8 pec / ' it would hayp reduced \ he chances in hi& favour most amazingly . Their g lasses must h&ve tqld th § rn who be was , both from the direction he came in , $ pd the gtyle of bis dress . They fired , however ? upon the litter , or truck , that wa * carrying the ambassador ' s baggage up to the town * It had been brought
ashore in charge of the fourth lieutenant , who waa ^ poortaitg it , attended also by two of the general's servants , a black man ^ ud a French boy . I landed on the beagh presently after , baying got a passage in one of the Victoria ' s boats , and was tiasteaing to overtake them . When , within a ^ hort di § t $ n , ce I s ^ w a buJU come dashiufc alo ? j g towards them , ^ d stril ^ fli ? $ msl all ov « r t ^ truck . The Frpnqh boy was p arch ed uppn the tpp of the baggage , and the ins ^ nt he felt tnp s ^ a 4 t )^ tuck ed bis heftd tvv ee his
t ^ n knees , and binding them fast with hw arms , rolled hinaself off from his dangerous position , and fell upon the beach like a wood-louse . The action was altogether so ludicrous that I was obliged to Bit down upon a stone to laugb . The lieutenant and the rest got u nder fcfce Ice of the truck , aad iuade oerrimeiat at the bpy ' s expense , quite ^ s much af was prudent ; the muHt ^ r aqgged oa tup ^ tMp » ' . IBll ' t faqf « ot o » f « r off , ivhilQ I retained to Ap bo ^ t , b $ p * wjp § & ^ jpg u ^ pri dttl * . and ooly apxwsing myself , I thought itjuat ^ a well t ^ mil ^ ft betier oppoftunity . ; .. JW-LJ Q | . >
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 679, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/27/
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