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Show T l th w l t h. slit Th Sa1 Ri• de' of Ra Fe nu do .Ar Sa Vt. R(l Tl 15 488 Ex. Doc. No. 41. JJe tolcl me that it wns exactly likr thP buildings of Qnarra, thus confirmincr whnt I had learned at l\lanzano. I now ~ignifit·cl my ddcrminalion to _prorcrcl, wh(>n this man srtmed extn•mf·ly an . ious about my ~oiJlg , and ~t . la.-t tol.cl me t h n t h c w r 11 tl rl rn c t m e i n a c <' ll a r g r o v r, so m c d 1st an c e m m y r o ul <' • I n a l i tt 1 c w h i l c I r c a c h c cl t h c g r ~ v e , a n d saw h i m t b <· r e . Ilc th<>n told rnc that he had di~covn('d the grcatc·:t min in the c o u n t r y '\ h e r c t h e r c w a s " n a b u n d an c c o f g· o l d a n d R i I v <' r . 1 a ~ k t' d b' i m w h y h <' c1 ·u 1 :n o t g o n n cl g c t 1. t '1. "'') }1 , " sa •u I 11 r , " y o u cannot h;n <' bern loug in this eountry not to know that wr poor 1) ·ople can kc<>p nothing; the Rico: \\ ould seize· all, but with yout· prot<·<·tion 1 would b<' S<'<'llrc~l in. my lahor.s.". The~, h~· added, "I'll giYc you my namr., wnte 1t down, 1l 1s Jose Lu<'cro, of Quarro; you can inl")uirc in the villages through wh1r-h y 0u pas~, tlu•y will there tell you I nm honc~t." I toc'k clown .Jo!-.' Lucno': n a m c , a r11l p r o c c e d P cl on i n m y j o u r· n r y , so t h at i f a n y on <' w i s h c s , 1hl'y )d l'Hll go nncl seck the gold of Qunrra. 11 n v i n g j o u r n <' y c d so me cl is tan c c bey v n d t h is p 1a c c , w r s 11< 1 c1 c n I y hrnrd the• mo~t l1orrible srrcechillgs and groatJ~, as if one was npproaching the portals of I•~rchus; and al l these horrid sounds proc<• edecl from 1JJe nc' n gr<•11srd whPels of some ~p:1nish "enrretas" These <' tlrions structures arc formrd of pine, f'hidly; tlH' axle is of l>in<·, nud the whcrls of <'Otton wood; th<·y arc mad<' thu~: A rectangular pie'<'c of wo0cl, about four f'c·et Ion~, two aud a half f<•et wtd{', and one foot thic·k, is procur ·d; this is <lirr1inish<'d in thid-ness, so as to l<'a,·c a projection on rach side, which forms the hnh, and its cxtrcmitit~ s arc roundPd. Thr rrm.1ini1.g ar('S of n ('irclc·, of four feet, arr fast<•ntcl to the first pie ce', with laq~ e woodl·n pins, s0 a ~ t o c om p I et c t h c c i r c u m f'c r <' n <' c of t h c w h ,, ' · I. A I a r g P h o I c i s pinl'cd in thr \i<'inity of 1hc L'<•ntre, to n·ceiv<> the ~pindlc of a hnge pine axle; a body Idee a hny cri1l<', ~1ncl a tongu<', compll tc the " c n n: e t <~ • " T h c ox e 1: a r c at t a c h r cl by t h c m r a n s ,.., f a b ·n o f w o o cl , that1s laslwd to the1r horns. \Vc mrt ftyr of thPsc "c"Hrt•tas," tlwy wrrc on their way to the great ' Lnguna Salada," to IHocurc salt. At ~u11clown wr reached "Abo," where I fonncl my par1y comfortably t' n<'ampcd. This town is also one of the anci,·nt OHf•s; tb{'rc <trc most extcn!'i' e ruins S<'att~· red <1round nr all clin•ct10ns; all built in the ~tylr of those at Quarra. Her,•, also, i~ a lcug~ ~ath<'dral. Its ground plan is in th<• form of u CTO~s; the short <HID 1s. twcnty-.two aud a hf'~l' f<'d wid<·, tl1e long :-trm is thirty f'<•L't WHI<>; the1r axes, rcspec t1n•ly, 27 fe<. t nn<l 120 Jcct; and i1t thP hrad o f t h c c r o c:: s , t h t' r c i s a. p r o j c e t i o n , a b o l' t n i 'l f l' C't s q u a r <' ; t h i s makPs the .total.lcng.th 12!) fret. Tlw a reaR, intrJ scct<•cl <tt a dis~ nnCE' ?f tlllrty-fo.ur '.cet fl'om the h<'ad of the croHR, or forty-tlH<'C, l~c.:luchng the prOJ<'<'tlOn. The area 0f the er0ss coincide with the 1 1 n P s t h a 1 p n 8 s tlu: o u g h t h c <" a r c1 i n a l p o i n t E; • I n t h e c a s l <.' n d o f t h e short .arm, there 1 a fine large winclow, the sid('S 1)f which have "\\ l~t 1::. called a flare, a style often used in Gothic. winclowR. 'The ·wa.lls of the church arr o.ver two fc<'t in thickn<·s~, and brautiful ly ..fin 1shecl; so that no arc In teet co ul c1 imp rove t!1e exact Rmoo t h n cs~ I /, :r. -- |