CHAPTER VII. 



AT the time of our arrival on the coast there 

 were rumours of a disturbance at Tepic, a city 

 of considerable importance about fifty-six miles 

 inland from the port of San Bias. 



A celebrated rebel chief of the name of 

 Lozada had governed the province of Tepic 

 for several years, and on being ordered to 

 tender his submission to the Government of 

 President Lerdo he declined to do so, and in 

 order to gain time, in the event of a rupture, he 

 despatched a deputation to the city of Mexico, 

 in charge of Senor Don Manuel Zelayetta, the 

 chief of the customs at Tepic, to endeavour to 

 make terms with the Government. * 



At the same time he warned his people to be 



