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There is no record of the week's travel in Spain, which alittle group of four made under the picturesque Gibraltar guide, Benunes,still living and quite as picturesque at last accounts. LXXVION THE BUFFALO EXPRESS With the beginning of life in Buffalo, Mark Twain had become already aworld character--a man of large consequence and events. He found himself in a lecture-writingfever. The stretch of low desert between the cultivation and the cliffs was rock-strewn and hilly, with pits and tombs and ruins all over the place.

He even went so far as to permit me to call on several of the antiquities dealers, including our old acquaintance Aslimi. They were so pleased with themselves they were reluctant to go, but after we had showered them with praise and thanks, and all the money we had in our pockets, they tore themselves away. I came across a particularly fascinating text, and wanted to consult Ramses about one or two obscure words. We concluded to go, and when the stage left next morning for SanFrancisco we were on the outside seat.