When a man has oxen, he is able to plough a large piece of land and raise enough corn to sell some.

But corn is seldom converted into money.
Here we packed the most necessary things on our best mule, and with the guide and two Indians, who carried bundles, we descended to the river.

The road was fairly good, but as we approached the river we came to several bad places.

In one of these the mule's aparejo struck a rock, which caused the animal to lose its foothold.

Unresistingly it slid down the steep slope for about seven yards and came against a tree, forefeet on one side, hindfeet on the other.