One Hundred Years of Solitude

first and last boat ever to
dock in the town. It was
nothing but a log raft drawn
by thick ropes pulled by
twenty men who walked
along the bank. In the prow,
with a glow of satisfaction in
his eyes, José Arcadio
Segundo was directing the
arduous maneuver. There
arrived with him a rich group
of splendid matrons who
were protecting themselves
from the burning sun with