HARBOUR OF ACAPULCO. 



told us, when we expressed our surprise at the 

 smallness of the town, that the greater part of it 

 had been shaken down by an earthquake. If this^^ 

 be true, the people have been uncommonly care- 

 ful in removing the materials, for not a trace re^ 

 mained, that we could see, of any ruins. 



In the course of a long walk, which our party 

 took after dinner, an earthquake was felt. We 

 were walking slowly along, when the gentlemen 

 stopped, and one of them seeing us look surprised 

 at their doing so, called out, " Temblor (earth- 

 quake.) A sound, like distant thunder, was then 

 heard for about a quarter of a minute, but it was 

 impossible to say from whence it proceeded ; and, 

 although conscious that there was something un- 

 usual in the noise, I cannot say exactly in what 

 respect it was peculiar. The residents declared 

 that they felt the tremor, but none of us were sen- 

 sible of any motion. This was the fifth occasion 

 since my arrival in the country, on which I had 

 been present at earthquakes, without ever feeling 

 any one of them in the slightest degree. 



On the 12th of March, we sailed from AcapuL 

 CO for San Bias de California, so named, from its 



