The hard work was now all over, as I simply followed the government craft for the remainder of the journey.

It was quite a novelty at first to begin taking my meals regularly again and as there was an abundance of everything, I began to thoroughly enjoy the trip.

We would tie up every night and I occupied the cabin.
"At Portes de Rodas, the first town we struck in Portugal, I met with a peculiarly Portuguese reception.

Every person was supplied with detonating rockets which were fired off in showers and that was the manner of showing good will at every place in the country.

There were no rocks in the river now.