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After witnessing an eruption of the volcano of Cotopaxi, she retraced her steps to the West. In the neighbourhood of Guayaquil she had two very narrow escapes one by a fall from her mule, and another by accidentally falling into the river Guaya, which swarms with alligators.
After having the good fortune to witness an eruption of Cotopaxi, she retraced her steps to the west. In the neighbourhood of Guayaquil she had two very narrow escapes: one, by a fall from her mule; and next, by an immersion in the River Guaya, which teems with alligators.
The two gentlemen upon the housetop were leisuring away the time in the indulgence of a cigar, watching the water-fowl that swam and plunged on the bosom of the broad shallow stream, listening to the hoarse croakings of pelicans and the shriller screams of the guaya cranes. It was the hour of evening, when these birds become especially stridulent.
"The great, mellow, tropical moon was rising as we steamed away. O'Connor leaned on the taffrail or rear balcony of the ship and gazed silently at Guaya at Buncoville-on-the-Beach. "He had the red rose in his hand. "'She will wait, I heard him say. 'Eyes like hers never deceive. But I shall see her again. Traitors cannot keep an O'Connor down forever.
"One evening after we had been in Guaya in this town of Smellville-by-the-Sea about a month, and me and O'Connor were sitting outside the door helping along old tempus fugit with rum and ice and limes, I says to him: "'If you'll excuse a patriot that don't exactly know what he's patronizing, for the question what is your scheme for subjugating this country?
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