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Traveling in Chili

           Hechristenedthemforthwith,withouttheleasthesitation,andmarkedthemdownonthemap,qualifyingthemwiththemosthigh-soundingadjectiveshecouldfindintheSpanishlanguage.

           "Whatalanguage!"hesaid."Howfullandsonorousitis!Itislikethemetalchurchbellsaremadeofcomposedofseventy-eightpartsofcopperandtwenty-twooftin."

           "But,Isay,doyoumakeanyprogressinit?"askedGlenarvan.

           "Mostcertainly,mydearLord.Ah,ifitwasn’ttheaccent,thatwretchedaccent!"

           Andforwantofbetterwork,Paganelwhiledawaythetimealongtheroadbypractisingthedifficultiesinpronunciation,repeatingallthebreak-jawwordshecould,thoughstillmakinggeographicalobservations.AnyquestionaboutthecountrythatGlenarvanmightasktheCATAPEZwassuretobeansweredbythelearnedFrenchmanbeforehecouldreply,tothegreatastonishmentoftheguide,whogazedathiminbewilderment.

           Abouttwoo’clockthatsamedaytheycametoacrossroad,andnaturallyenoughGlenarvaninquiredthenameofit.

           "ItistheroutefromYumbeltoLosAngeles,"saidPaganel.

           GlenarvanlookedattheCATAPEZ,whoreplied:

           "Quiteright."

           Andthen,turningtowardthegeographer,headded:

           "Youhavetraveledinthesepartsbefore,sir?"

           "Oh,yes,"saidPaganel,quitegravely.

           "Onamule?"

           "No,inaneasychair."

           TheCATAPEZcouldnotmakehimout,butshruggedhisshouldersandresumedhispostattheheadoftheparty

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