. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . he had ever beenthere, he had removed to some other partof th€ country at least three years before. At the end of two months, I expectedan answer from Valparaiso, but none wasreceived; and after two months more I wasforced to adopt the conclusion that my let-ters had miscarried, or my correspondentshad refused to comply with my situation was again in the highest de-gree embarrassing. After revolving a great DICK BOLDHERO. 157 many schemes in my mind, I determinedto join a company of merchants who weregoing at this time to
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . he had ever beenthere, he had removed to some other partof th€ country at least three years before. At the end of two months, I expectedan answer from Valparaiso, but none wasreceived; and after two months more I wasforced to adopt the conclusion that my let-ters had miscarried, or my correspondentshad refused to comply with my situation was again in the highest de-gree embarrassing. After revolving a great DICK BOLDHERO. 157 many schemes in my mind, I determinedto join a company of merchants who weregoing at this time to Quito. I offeredmyself as a mule-driver, and Balbo as a ser-vant. Both were accepted, and we speed-ily set forward. I have not space to detailthe incidents of this journey of more thanfifteen hundred miles in length. My storyhas, perhaps, already extended beyond thepatience of the reader. It will be enoughto say, that, after travelling over mountainsand plains, and beholding some of the mostsublime scenery in the world, we reachedthe capital of 158 DICK BOLDHERO.
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