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Show f Ex. J)oc. No. 41. 447 picture, for every clo\ul, every d<'grcc that the ~un moves, ~ivcs such varit•d ('{l'eds to the landscapP, that one bas a thousand pirturt's; hut lh<·ir cfl'erts an• so fleetin g, that <1lthough tlt< y last long enough to t1cligbt the spectato r, it woul<l yet perplt'X the arti:::;t to catch these ('h:111gcs. For my part, I tried, antl tri<·d in vain, until at J a s t s o m e I a r g (' n i g h t h c r o n s r a m c s w c <' p i n ~ o v c r m y 111' a cl , a n < l w a r n c 1 l nH' t h a t t h c s h a cl c s o r c v c n i n g w c r <' tl r a w i n g o n , w h r n I r e-turnell to camp. SeptembeT 27.-Santa li'(· is now within 29 milc·s of u~, ;uHl we at length fed as if we wer<~ ahoul to reach the "ultima thule" of our wishes. A 1t h o u g h t h <' r o ru 1 w a s < li fE <' u 1t o n a C' c o u n t o f l h l' h i g h b i 11 s a n d <1 cp d<·fdcs O\Cl' which \vt•would hav1• to pass, yet l dl'lerminetl t.o enter Santa F'e this da). l proc·<·edrd somewhat fastn than the wagons, an<l before long ovntook t\\O Spaniards on tht•ir way to the same• pl a('c . As they knnv tht' route perfect!), I ,\I'CPpt<.•tl their proffcn•d gui<lanl'c throue,h th<' short ruts by the <·ai10ns iu the m o u n t a i n s . A l l r n g t h w c r e a <' h c cl A r m i j o' s r a ft o n . II <' r c \\ r f o un d pl<·nty of cool water, whrrc W<' all diRmounted to allow onr mule· a li tt lr n•st, when my friends prodn<'<'d from tht•ir wallets some sweet "hi:r.('ochos," wbi<'h th('y pt•rsiR1e(l in sharing with m<'. I hy good l1tck had some buJl'alo ton~~ u<' in my pocket, tht'\t add<•tl not a little to our rund repast. We agaiu mounlt·d, but, bd'orc pro c c c• < 1 in g f 1\1', m C't a man d r i \ in g a " <'a r n• t a." M y a rn i g-o s n 0 w s i g n i lt (' d t h (' 1 r i n t (1 n t I () 11 () r s t 0 p p i n g s 0 m (' t i m e ' a n d ' h 1( I d i n g me "vaya con clios," I 1rfl them and hnrri •<l on, for a tim<· following the ('Oursc of the stream whi!'h is a tribut. ry of "Rio de Gal is teo." I n ow 1 c ft t h c s t rca m an< l com m r n red t h c s tt· c p as c <' n l o r t h c m o u n t n i n s, w h o s <' s i d c s ~ n.• o Y r r grown wit h t h <' pit (' h pi n c an d t h e piilon. On the far si<le of the steep J mel Colonel J{ ufT, of the M iss o u r i v o 1 u n t e c r s , r c t u r n i n g t o t h c U n i l e d S t a l <' s , a n d .J 11 d g P Jl o u g h t oll , o n e o f t h c j u d g c s o f tlH' sup r c m c c o u r t o f N r w M ex i eo . We sto p})('d to exchange wha t ncwH we had, nnd tlwn s<•p;Hal<•tl, l with a nrw i pulse to move forward, for l learne<l that 'nnla lN~ was but 12 mi rs distant. About 5 o' ·)o!'k l came in sight of a. sq uan• block f mud buildings OIH' story high. In a little while aflN, f l'aught sight of the flag of my country waving proudly over so m c I ow fl at o o fed b u i l d in p; s t hat 1 a y in t h c v a 11 'y . J k tH' w t hi s must be Santa Fe. I hurri ·d on, and was soon s atcd nmong::;l rny fricntls, who l 1okcd upon me as on(' awakrn(•d from the dt'ad. 2Rth.-I W <i S much sur priserl with the manne rs of th • MP~ic ans at a funrral .. They marched with great rapidity through the streets ncar the church, with a band of music. The instrumt•nts were principally v iolin ·, and thc:e were pl ay ·d furiously, sending forth wil1l ra ging music. The co rpse·, that of a r·hi lei, was exposed to view, <lecketl with ro:ettcs an1l flauntin g ribands of various bri lli ant hues, and the mourners talked an<l laughe<l gaily, which se<·mcd to me most strange. 1 was told, too, that the tunes played were the ~mme as thosP which ouncled at the fandangocs. In the morning I called upon Governor Dent, who, to all the |