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care, rest, and a strong constitution set me 

 up in two or three weeks ; and having gone 

 to the coast, arranged all my affairs, and 

 obtained two or three letters of introduction 

 for Granada, I hired an Indian guide, took 

 my leave of the cities and villages of the low 

 plains, and started with my friend the doctor 

 for Granada. 



There is a sameness in travelling through 

 Central American forests that renders the 

 description of one that of all. Unlike forests 

 in some countries, where often the trees have 

 little save grass underneath them, and the eye 

 penetrates far into the glades and recesses of 

 the forest, these trees invariably overshadow 

 a tall, dense, matted underwood, and render 

 one path absolutely like any other. The only 

 difference on the road to Granada is, that the 

 ground is much more undulating, though still 

 covered by the same sort of forest. These 

 woods were absolutely swarming with game in 

 the shape of deer, wild turkeys, and a sort of 

 moor-fowl ; but we only shot enough for the 

 use of the party, consisting of six persons, in- 

 cluding guide and servants, one of whom was 

 an Englishman in the service of the doctor. 



We travelled about twenty leagues the 

 first day, and slept at a village where we 



