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a premium. On the Maranon it is below par ; Peruvian 

 gold should therefore be bought at Guayaquil for that part 

 of the route. Also French medios^ or quarter francs ; they 

 will be very useful every where on the route, especially on 

 the Upper Amazon, where change is scarce. Fifty dollars' 

 worth will not be too many ; for, as the Scotchman said of 

 sixpences, " they are canny little dogs, and often do the 

 work of shillings." Take a passport for Brazil. Leave 

 behind your delicacies and superfluities of clothing ; wool- 

 en clothes will be serviceable throughout. A trunk for 

 mountain travel should not exceed 24 by 15 by 15 inches — 

 smaller the better. Take a rubber air-pillow and mattress : 

 there is no bed between Guayaquil and Para. A ham- 

 mock for the Amazon can be bought on the Napo. 



The Pacific Mail steamships, which leave New York on 

 the first and sixteenth of each month, connect at Panama 

 without delay with the British Steam Navigation line on 

 the South Pacific. Fare, first-class, from New York to 

 Guayaquil, by way of Panama and Paita, $215, gold ; sec- 

 ond-class, $128. Time to Panama, eight days; to Paita, 

 four days ; to Guayaqv;il, one day. A coasting steamer 

 leaves Panama for Guayaquil the thirteenth of each month. 

 There are two so-called hotels in Guayaquil. " Los tres 

 Mosqueteros," kept by Sr. Gonzales, is tlie best. Take a 

 front room ($1 per day), and board at the Fonda Italiana 

 or La Santa Rosa ($1 per day). Here complete your out- 

 fit for the mountains: saddle, with strong girth and crup- 

 per ; saddle-bags, saddle-cover, sweat-cloth, and bridle ($40, 

 paper), woolen poncho ($9), rubber poncho ($4), blanket 

 ($6), leggins, native spurs and stirruj)s, knife, fork, spoon, 

 tea-pot, chocolate (tea, pure and cheap, should be purchased 

 at Panama), candles, matches, soap, towels, and tarpaulin 

 for wrapping up baggage. Convert your draft into paper, 

 quantum sufficit for Guayaquil ; the rest into silver. 



