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which is in the [?] about 85
miles above here. Having spent
considerable money while [not?] well,
and not wishing to draw too
heavily on my small remaining
[source?] I purchased a specimen
of the genus [?], packed my
wordly goods and his book and started
for this place. We – for there were two
of us – carried our rations with us.
During the day we drove [Domingo?]
[the?] [horse?] before us, and at night
lit a fire and slept under
no other roof than the firmament
afforded. We accomplished the
distance in a little more than
four days and should have made
it much quicker but for the
deep sand in some parts of the
journey. It was a new form of
[?] and I should enjoy it
immensely with a congenial companion,