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FRIGATE " CONGRESS " evening. The Commodore, Captain, and most of the officers also attended the opera, which in the building, interior decorations, and music, compares favorably with similar establishments in Europe. We did not leave the ship again, and were on deck till eight, when Mr. Hyde called in the cabin, and remained until ten. After that we enjoyed the beautiful moonlight on deck for an hour. Mar. 11th, Wednesday. Agreeable to di- rections given last evening. Sir William John- son (co...lored) called Father to go on shore at two bells (5 A. M. ). Day was dawning, though stars were still visible, but before he reached the jetty it was broad daylight. The market is fine, better than that at Rio, and prices much more reasonable. Father saw country people coming in with their produce for market, all brought on mules or jacks, in bags of hide or bundles. It is surprising to see the loads put upon these animals. Mules go in droves of ten or twenty, each drove having a bell-mare which leads, and Father was told that when the droves meet, or when several are traveling the same way, and come where they are to take 225 MY VOYAGE IN THE different roads, each drove invariably follows its own bell-mare.
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