168 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



from all parts of the country, one city alone 

 contributing 100 cart-loads of provisions and 

 3000 dollars in cash. It was not much that we 

 could do in this way, as we were already 

 running short of provisions, but we landed all 

 that we could spare, reserving for ourselves 

 barely sufficient to carry us to Panama. The 

 services of Doctor Smyth were happily not 

 needed, most of the wounded having been re- 

 moved feito the country ; the President, the 

 American Minister, and the English Consul all 

 gratefully declined to take shelter on board, or 

 to be removed to another place, bravely pre- 

 ferring to remain at their posts ; so, as there 

 was no object in remaining longer in the city, 

 we prepared to return to the ship. 



Already carpenters were at work erecting 

 temporary sheds in the plaza, the people were 

 recovering from the depression into which they 

 had been thrown, and a military band played in 

 the evening as if nothing had happened. It 

 was arranged that Smyth and Davy should 

 return by the coach, and that Mr. Blair, the 



