Note 78 — Chapter XIV · An Indian steam bath.—Tumbalá.—Sierras and Forests.—San Pedro.—Desertion of guide.—Alguazils.—Construction of Indian huts.—Habits of Indians.—Cargadores.—Crossing a River.—Forests beyond San Pedro.—Powers of endurance of Indians.—Arrival at San Domingo del Palenque.
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I had previously observed when travelling in the Cyrenaica in the regions around Cyrene, that the Bedouins could perform a long day’s hard work and subsist upon a few handfuls of grains of wheat moistened with water.