This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI IN THE MINING COUNTRY TWENTY-FIFTH.-- To Aguas Calientes, a very pretty town, with some handsome buildings. We met a gypsying or picnic party on the road, mounted on borricos [asses], with a mule packed with comestibles. A bevy of very pretty girls brought up the rear, under the escort of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI IN THE MINING COUNTRY TWENTY-FIFTH.-- To Aguas Calientes, a very pretty town, with some handsome buildings. We met a gypsying or picnic party on the road, mounted on borricos [asses], with a mule packed with comestibles. A bevy of very pretty girls brought up the rear, under the escort of half-a-dozen exquisites of the town, got up in the latest fashion of the capital. Their monopoly of such a fair troop was not to be borne, and with tolerable impudence we stopped the party. The dandies, from our sunburnt and road-stained appearance and bristling arms, at once set us down as robbers, and without more ado turned their donkeys and retreated, leaving us masters of the field and the fair. With them our peace was soon made, and we received a pressing invitation to join the party, which, however, we were fain to decline, as our horses were sorely tired. They laughed heartily at the panic of their gallant escort, who were huddled together at a little distance, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. I sent my mozo to them to say that the ladies required their presence; and we rode on to the town, where we found our mulada arrived and waiting our approach. In Aguas Calientes I was accosted by a negro, a runaway slave from the United States. He informed me he was cook at the house where the diligencia stopped, and that if I chose he would prepare a dinner for us, -- roast-beef, &c., and all the " fixings " of an American feed. I gladly made the bargain, and proceeded to the house at the time appointed, but found the rascal had never been there, and dinner there was none. In the plaza is a column erected to some patriot or another, which is pointed out to the stranger as being muy fino. The pedestal is surmounted by geese with long...
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Half leather, marbled boards, 5 raised bands, brown leather spine label lettered gilt. pp viii, 332. Covers a little scuffed and rubbed, hinges of spine splitting slightly but holding, spine label slightly chipped. Reasonable VG-copy with clean text.
