Photograph by F. J. Youngr 

 IN THE MARKET-PLACE : TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS 



Burdened with one of the heaviest per capita debts in the world, Honduran people still 

 manage to eke out a living. If the United States owed as much in proportion to its popu- 

 lation, we would have a national debt of twenty-two billion dollars. 



considered impertinent, for a white man 

 is not an every-day visitor. I, myself, 

 rarely undressed completely. Sometimes 

 I would only take off hat, coat, and boots ; 

 sometimes only my hat, for sleeping in 

 one's clothes becomes second nature after 

 awhile, and bathing and changes of linen 

 can be better indulged in along the road- 

 side. 



THE CITY OE TEGUCIGALPA 



Arrived in Tegucigalpa, one discovers 

 that it is not necessary to carry a large 

 outfit from the States. The city, with the 

 adjacent town of Comayaguela, boasts a 

 population of from 12,000 to 15,000 and 

 has many good stores where almost all 

 the ordinary things required on such a 

 trip can be purchased. 



Were I to cover the ground again, my 

 pack would be a very light one, probably 

 weighing less than 100 pounds, and would 

 contain several suits of khaki, some light 

 flannel underclothes and outing shirts, 

 two or three pairs of high boots, rubber 

 boots, a rubber riding coat, and a few 

 personal necessities. 



If a long trip into the interior from 



Tegucigalpa is intended, a supply of 

 canned food should be obtained in the 

 city ; but along a .regular trail tortillas, 

 beans, rice, some sort of meat, coffee, and 

 a few other things can usually be ob- 

 tained at small cost. The cooking is fairly 

 good, though monotonous, and the extras 

 carried in the way of sardines, com- 

 pressed soups, bread, or biscuits in tins, 

 etc., is merely according to individual 

 taste, although bacon, tea, flour, and the 

 other foods will always come in handy. 

 as the natives are not hearty eaters and 

 their supply is sometimes limited. Every- 

 thing mentioned can be purchased in the 

 city or from the mining company store, 

 which has an office there. 



A SHORTER ROUTE 



But continuing the comparison of the 

 two ways of getting into the country, we 

 have already noted that approximately 25 

 days are required via Amapala. Puerto 

 Cortes may be reached by any one of sev- 

 eral fruit-line steamers running from 

 New Orleans or Mobile. The mail boats 

 from New Orleans take between five and 



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