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tomorrow here. I urged (in a whisper! having no voice) that we go on today. The guide had some bowels of mercy and when Antonio went into the house he told me he would get me to Santa Barbara that day.  Antonio returned and said we couldn't and Antonio was "in charge". I said we would pay tomorrow's wages if we got to Sta Barbara today and Antonio began to think it might be managed. Finally they got one pack mule and we all walked to the first river crossing - I had insisted we could walk if necessary.  The river was high and we crossed in a dugout, ourselves and baggage, 3 loads. Then we waited more than 2 hours for the [[strikethrough]] horses [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] animals [[/insertion]] to be brought, one pack mule and 2 riding ones, the men walking except the guide who stopped at his home and caught up on a beautiful little mule.  We made the second crossing by dugout and walked the last mile or so to Sta Barbara, getting there a little before dark. We had a good supper, after

Transcription Notes:
add word "bay" between beautiful and little mule.