They gave to the plain exactly the appearance of the mud volcanoes at Jorullo, as figured by Humboldt.

We arrived at Engenhodo after it was dark, having been ten hours on horseback.

I never ceased, during the whole journey, to be surprised at the amount of labour which the horses were capable of enduring; they appeared also to recover from any injury much sooner than those of our English breed.

The Vampire bat is often the cause of much trouble, by biting the horses on their withers.

The injury is generally not so much owing to the loss of blood, as to the inflammation which the pressure of the saddle afterwards produces.