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GUAYAQUIL {continued) page 



Manners Ill 



Restricted Trade 113 



Letter from a Merchant 116 



Revolution 120 



Military Interference 123 



Female Politicians 128 



State of Society in South America . . 130 



Kedging 133 



United States* Frigate Constellation . 137 



Galapagos 138 



Kater's Pendulum 143 



PANAMA 144 



Hospitality 146 



Prosperity 148 



Slaves 152 



Decline . 154 



Ruins 155 



Bolivar's Officers 160 



TABOGA, Island of 162 



Alcaldg 167 



Remarkable Peaks of the Andes . . . 169 



Storm 170 



ACAPULCO . 171 



Harbour 172 



Inhabitants 175 



