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mS CHAPTER IX 
Journey to Juigalpa—Description of Libertad—The priest and 
the bell—Migratory butterflies and moths—Indian graves— 
Ancient names—Dry river-beds—Monkeys and wasps— 
Reach Juigalpa—Ride in neighbourhood—Abundance ot 
small birds—A poor cripple—The ‘‘ Toledo ’—Trogons— 
Waterfall—Sepulchral mounds—Broken statues—The sign of 
the cross—Contrast between the ancient and the present in- 
habitants—Night life : ; , 
CHAPTER X 
Juigalpa—A Nicaraguan family—Description of the road from 
Juigalpa to Santo Domingo—Comparative scarcity of insects 
in Nicaragua in 1872—Water-bearing plants—Insect-traps— 
The south-western edge of the forest region—Influence of 
cultivation upon it—Sagacity of the mule 
CHAPTER XI 
Start on journey to Segovia—Rocky mountain road—A poor lodg- 
ing—The rock of Cuapo—The use of large beaks in some 
birds—Comoapa—A_ native doctor—Vultures—Flight of 
birds that soar—Natives live from generation to generation 
on the same spot—Do not give distinctive names to the 
rivers—Caribs barter guns and iron pots for dogs—The hair- 
less dogs of tropical America—Difference between artificial 
and natural selection—The cause of sterility between allied 
species considered—The disadvantages of a covering of hair 
to a domesticated animal in a tropical country . 
CHAPTER XII 
Olama—The ‘‘ Sanate’”’—Muy-muy—lIdleness of the people— 
Mountain road—The ‘“‘ Bull Rock ’’—The bull’s-horn thorn 
Ants kept as standing armies by some plants—Use of 
honey-secreting glands—Plant-lice, scale-insects, and leaf- 
hoppers furnish ants with honey, and in return are protected 
by the latter—Contest between wasps and ants—Waxy 
secretions of the homopterous hemiptera . 
CHAPTER XIII 
Matagalpa—Aguardiente—Fermented liquors of the Indians— 
The wine-palm—Idleness of the Nicaraguans—Pine and 
oak forests—Mountain gorge—Jinotega—Native plough— 
oo of the buccaneers—San Rafael—A mountain 
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