der the ground, after having but juſt appeared above its ſurface.
Apple-trees loaded with fruit adorned the garden of theſe peaceable cottagers. This fruit taſted ſo delicious to the ſervant who accompanied us, that he took it into his head, whilſt we were employed in viewing the premiſes, to make an exchange that gave us a very poor idea of his foreſight. He had given away our whole ſtore of fleſh-meat for ſome of theſe apples, without taking a moment's conſideration whether or not they would be an equally good proviſion for us in travelling the mountains. We ſwore to ourſelves that we would never on a future expedition leave our ſtores in the charge of ſuch an œconomiſt. In general it may be remarked, that the ſervants employed at ſea are almoſt wholly unfit for ſervice on ſhore.
At the cloſe of the evening we were far from any habitation of men. About nine o'clock we reached a village, the inhabitants of which can certainly not be accuſed of carrying the virtue of hoſpitality to a blameable exceſs. It was not without the greateſt difficulty that we were able to procure ſhelter among them. As we did not underſtand the Spaniſh language, we were obliged to make uſe of ſigns to expreſs our meaning, a
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