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BEFORE they left the neighbourhood of the cave the boys got their Indians to drive into the ground a number of pegs to mark the boundaries of their claim. They also parcelled up all the crystals they had obtained by evaporation, a quantity large enough, they thought, to last a long time when dissolved again.
On their return to the hacienda Señora Alvarez was much perturbed at the news they brought.