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course, I gave it to her; which brought us into high favor; and we had
a present of some pears and other fruits, which we took down to the
beach with us. When we came to leave the house, we found that our
horses, which we left tied at the door, were both gone. We had paid
for them to ride down to the beach, but they were not to be found.
We went to the man of whom we hired them, but he only shrugged his
shoulders, and to our question, "Where are the horses?" only
answered- "Quien sabe?" but as he was very easy, and made no
inquiries for the saddles, we saw that he knew very well where they
were. After a little trouble, determined not to walk down,- a
distance of three miles- we procured two, at four reds apiece, with
an Indian boy to run on behind and bring them back. Determined to have
"the go" out of the horses, for our trouble, we went down at full
speed, and were on the beach in fifteen minutes. Wishing to make our
liberty last as long as possible, we rode up and down among the
hide-houses, amusing ourselves with seeing the men, as they came down,
(it was now dusk,) some on horseback and others on foot.
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