CONTENTS. xi 



SA N BLAS ( continued ) page 



The Secretary's Daughter .... 281 



Death-Bed 283 



Mexican Phlebotomy 287 



Length of the Pendulum 288 



Popular Commotion 291 



Credulous Priest 293 



A Mining Speculator 294? 



Rainy Season 295 



Migration 296 



Deserted City 297 



Family Picture 298 



Taking Leave 300 



Breaking up of the Season .... 301 



Tropical Storm 302 



Return round Cape Horn 304 



APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



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Nautical Memoir on the Navigation of the South 



American Station 8 



Table of Latitudes and Longitudes .... 59 



