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He then procured a dozen or two well-armed men , and returned to the scene of the robbery , but found that the robbers had flown with as much silver as they could carry , the remainder being scattered about on the road . These miscreants were afterwards captured , but , owing to disputes between the Peruvian and the Chilian Governments , the former of whom had hold of , while the latter claimed , the robbers , they all escaped their merited punishment , and were set at large . We must change the scene now , and transport our reader to one of those numerous streams which convey the surplus waters of the Andes to the warmer regions of Bolivia , and thence , through many a wild , luxuriant wilderness and jungle , to the Parana river , by which they ultimately find their way to the sea . It was approaching the afternoon of a very sultry day when Lawrence awoke from his midday siesta under an algaroba-tree , and slowly opened his eyes . The first object they rested upon was the brown little face of Manuela , reposing on a pillow formed of leopard skin . In those regions it was the practice , when convenient , to sling a network hammock between two trees , and enjoy one 's siesta in that . The Indian girl lay in her hammock , with her eyes shut , and her little mouth open , -- not undignifiedly open , but just sufficiently so to permit of one seeing something of the teeth and tongue inside .