I looked up and by the dim rush light saw a tall figure standing by the bedside, upright and stiff, a three cornered hat on his head, a carbine strapped across his back and a sword by his side.

In answer to my look of wonder, he simply raised his right hand and gave a military salute.

I asked: "Que esta, Senor ?" "What is it, sir ?" "His reply was: 'By order of the king, I am here to offer you protection and assistance.' "Thanking him for his courtesy, I turned over in bed and went to sleep again.
"After breakfast of wild boar bacon, which was the sweetest meat I ever tasted, the guard and my host accompanied me to the river.

I carried a good supply of gold and silver with me; but all offers of money throughout the entire eight hundred miles of this voyage, were peremptorily refused.

It was impossible to spend a cent.