. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 231 The next day and the day after were spent in hunting after specimens, and our boxes were soon filled up and packed. I ex- plained to Torribio, who was to start at daybreak, how to handle the cases, and then intrusted to him letters which were to an- nounce our early return. Lucien had written to his dear mother and his sister Hortense, and he had to open his letter at least twenty times to add postscripts, often dictated by I'Encuerado. In the evening we bade adieu to our kind hosts, for we were to start early. Thanks
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 231 The next day and the day after were spent in hunting after specimens, and our boxes were soon filled up and packed. I ex- plained to Torribio, who was to start at daybreak, how to handle the cases, and then intrusted to him letters which were to an- nounce our early return. Lucien had written to his dear mother and his sister Hortense, and he had to open his letter at least twenty times to add postscripts, often dictated by I'Encuerado. In the evening we bade adieu to our kind hosts, for we were to start early. Thanks to them, we had renewed our stock of. salt, rice, coffee, sugar, and maize-cake. In default of black pepper, we took with us some red capsicums; but the most pre- cious of our acquisitions was the powder and shot I had received in exchange for the telescope. On the next morning I learned that Torribio was abeady on his way towards Puebla. He had started about midnight, so as to avoid crossing the plain during the heat of the day. I now hastened our own departure. We were in possession of good hats, but ouE garments, which had been mended with some soft leather, gave us the appearance of mendicants; this, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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