1 1 o The Dijlrejfes and Adventures 

 told us the Houfe was not habitable, becaufe 

 of the Vermiine that infefted it • neverthe- 

 lefs, we bleffed the Almighty, whofe Provi- 

 dence had dire&ed us to this Place, where 

 we might fhelter ourfelves from the Incle- 

 mency of the Weather ; for at our coming 

 here, it rained prodigioufly, and we plainly 

 perceived a tempeftuous Night was coming 

 on, and fo indeed it proved ; but to guard 

 as well as we could againft the Vermine, we 

 made up a great Fire, which notwithftand- 

 ing, we were fo intolerably plagued with 

 Muskitoes, that we thought it impoffible to 

 undergo a greater Punifhment. As foon as 

 Day appeared, we departed from hence, and 

 fteered our Courfe up a Mountain; from 

 whence, on the left Hand, we difcovered 

 the great Gulf of Fonfeca, or Amapala, 

 which we were to crofs ; having got down 

 this Mountain, we found a Path which led 

 us up another, on the Top of which flood 

 the Town of Conttagua, which is nothing 

 more than a Company of Whigwams placed 

 ihicfc together. 



We found in it many Women and Chil- 

 dren , but not the Face of a Man could we 



fee, 



