Travels in the equatorial regions of South America, in 1832 / by Adrian R. Terry.

  • Terry, Adrian R. (Adrian Russell), 1808-1864.
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travels in the equatorial regions of South America, in 1832 / by Adrian R. Terry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    of chairs ; on a part of this I had my matress spread. I had, in Cuenca, provided myself with a well-stored basket, containing bread, cooked meats, ground coffee, sugar, &c, &c, which every traveller who has any regard to his own comfort, will do on this road, as be- tween Cuenca and Naranjal, it is more difficult to pro- cure provisions, than in less wild parts of the country: and let the traveller be careful, also, to have a good water-proof covering for his basket. As my eyes be- came more accustomed to the obscurity of the apart- ment, I saw, in the farther part of the hut, in a sort of niche in the wall, a number of earthen vessels of milk. This was a great discovery; and having bought some from the jpatrona, or mistress of the cottage, I had pre- pared a smoking bowl of coffee, when two travellers from Guayaquil arrived, weary, and drenched with rain. I invited them to partake of my supper, to which they were in no way disinclined, for they appeared to have brought no viveres of any kind with them ; so, using the top of a trunk for a table, we made a very social and agreeable meal. My chance companions were small shop-keepers of Guayaquil, who had fled with their little stock of goods to Naranjal, and were now employing their time, until the disturbances should be over, in an excursion to Cuenca. They were very willing to communicate all they knew of the affairs of the low country, and confirmed the report that the troops sent from Guayaquil to oppose the insurgents, had been beaten. They said that a volunteer corps had been formed to defend the city, and that temporary fortifications had been erected at its northern end.