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GENERAL TAYLOR AND PART if. 



in spite of all the trying familiarities to which one is ex* 

 posed in the cabins of populous ships. 



Among our fellow passengers was Mr. Catherwood, the 

 artist, who was on his way to Central America, whence, 

 after a sojourn of a few months, he proposed to embark 

 for California on a professional visit. His large experience 

 as a traveller in every quarter of the globe, rendered him 

 an interesting and useful addition to our mess. 



Gen. S. G. Taylor, cousin of the late President Zachary 

 Taylor, was also of our company, accompanied by his wife, 

 his son, Captain Marcellus K. Taylor and his wife, a poodle 

 dog and a parrot. General Taylor so closely resembles 

 his distinguished cousin that I thought they were brothers 

 before I was told that they were kindred. He lacks the 

 perceptive faculties which were the most prominent intel- 

 lectual endowments of Zachary, but in other respects the 

 likeness is very striking. For some years past the Gene- 

 ral has been consul at Bogota. I believe he holds the 

 office still, though he is not attending to its duties if it 

 have any. He was now on his way to the Isthmus for 

 the purpose of prosecuting a speculation in gold mining in 

 •which he was engaged, with some others, in that region* 

 A disparity of some forty years between his own age and 

 that of his wife seemed only to increase his devotion to 

 her, and his consideration for the comforts of what seemed 

 nearer to her than any other living things, except himself. 



