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Now, I reckon that during the course of my nomadic life I have looked upon as many strange scenes as fall to the lot of the average biped; but it so chanced that up to this particular time it had never as yet been my fortune or misfortune to participate in an actual, _bona-fide_ revolution.
Of course, I had a pretty fair idea as to what such an upheaval might be, especially in these small but seething countries bordering the Caribbean Sea, and experienced more or less of a desire to ascertain at close quarters whether my impressions were correct or faulty.