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immediately before the Revolution, when many 

 of the principal families were away, and those 

 that remained were somewhat triste. Now all 

 was changed; Lousada was dead, and 3000 

 Government troops were established in the city 

 under General Ceballos. We met with a very 

 cordial reception; our old quarters in Mr. 

 Barren's house were prepa?*ed for us, and a 

 banquet was given in our honour, followed by a 

 ball and garden party at Jauga. On taking our 

 departure the general provided us with a guard 

 of cavalry, under whose escort we returned to 

 San Bias, and putting to sea the same night 

 arrived without further adventure at Panama. 



The unfortunate supernumeraries for whom 

 we had been sent had not arrived, having caught 

 the yellow fever at Jamaica ; we consequently 

 had to reconcile ourselves to a delay of some 

 months at Panama, awaiting further instruc- 

 tions from the commander-in-chief. 



During this delay I had leisure to examine 

 the different propositions for constructing a 

 canal across the isthmus of Panama. 



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