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In April and May last, Mr .lames P. Taylor inad<- an e.\:u 

 at ion of the Perry -rant. lit- was -mpl>\i i..<ln thi> i: 

 interest of a capitalist rc-idim: in Tegucigalpa, tl f the 



Republic. Mr. Taylor's letters to hi- mpl 

 of Truxillo. May 1/1888: 



I reached hen.' lost evening fnun Hrns lagoon, ami it- th<--t 

 goes t-'lay I Imvrn't linn- t- inak<- a lull r-prt (if all we saw. l.nt will 

 'i .nr trip, ami writ.- yii fully li\ tin- m-xt umil. 

 aivoiint of <-iir httl- park-inuli- w- hal t. tia\ 



my place to hirean>tli-r. W.- wt-n- until tin- 

 ing I > desigrnati 

 road and cross the mcmnt.tii:- t-> tin- jrraut. Hut to ir,., 

 told l>v tin- In.liaii- it is no 

 road O\T wlii-li we c<ul<l tukcourin | unwilling t<' k'i\ up 

 'il-- at thi- sta^- -t t!' 1 1. I. ut lial t. ataiil.n 

 them three leagues fnun tin- town, -inliiiir FTiiau<lu with tln-n; 

 part Of our baggage t.. await .ui- an-i\al In-i-r. >.> Mi-. IVrrv :ni.l I 

 loaded down tur |'a\as with hainin<K-ks. h!ank<-ts. pr 

 8taite<l <ui loi.t fi.r tin mpCL \\.-u.-r.-a iittli- nn>|-- than two 

 daysmakin>r it. tin- di-tain - ' !lni-t> mil.---. ! .ii.l a 

 pipante. ami |>uttiiix'"ur " tra|-" ami .nir-rh cs in it W( 



II. wi-lia-1 a ratln-r r<-uu'h \<.\a^-nf it. ami wen- wi . 



I I ' ! MICM. 



ii- (iiiainpu: tin- .li-tam-c I i-tiin. 

 hirty niil--'t whirh i- t hr< -u^h n 

 littl- \nll<-\. rn-h mnl -uitalil- for tin- ^n.win^ <.f l.a: 



: tin- i-ntin- ' tin- \alN 



t u.-nt\ inil<-- up tin- (iuampu. tli- 



>|il<-. iln-..iu\ -.ill. 'in. 



I'llllf.. wli. 



abigln-ml i., tin- <-a-l tin- Imlian villages as Wr 



down. At Cniiuinto w- cr>sMM| tin .unt i 



.tnta, the east hoi. .j.-,i.,\\:i i 



the lagoon of the sann .-hha-au <nn. M-.a. AII 



aavanim <l< ._ tin- i.anks ..f these 



- andotberstrean M i a. k i i-.-m .m- humir. <i 



\v nli-. ami in phu-i-n in- 



1 1 m i ai 1 1 hcce bikec, QiraUi- 

 and a i >tu.in id. Catma ami ('aratasca is swam i 



h point tin 

 in the wet soawm. I am told, |lpant(-H can cross 



