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CONTENTS. 



State. — Vicissitudes of Fortune. — Visit , to Cartago. — Tres Rios, — An unex- 

 pected Meeting. — Ascent of the Volcano of Cartago. — The Crater. — View of 

 the two Seas. — Descent. — Stroll through Cartago. — A Burial. — Another at- 

 tack of Fever and Ague. — A Vagabond.— Cultivation of Coffee . Page 349 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Departure for Guatimala. — Esparza. — Town of Costa Rica. — The Barranca. — 

 History of a Countryman. — Wild Scenery. — Hacienda of Aranjuez. — River 

 Lagartos.— Cerros of Collito. — Herds of Deer. — Santa Rosa. — Don Juan Jose 

 Boniila. — An Earthquake. — A Cattle Farm. — Bagases. — Guanacaste. — An 

 agreeable Welcome. — Belle of Guanacaste.— Pleasant Lodgings. — Cordilleras. 

 —Volcanoes of Rincon and Orosi. — Hacienda of San Teresa. — Sunset View. 

 — The Pacific again 374 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The Flores. — The San Juan. — Nature's Solitude. — Primitive Cookery. — Harbour 

 of San Juan.— Route of the Great Canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific 

 Oceans. — Nicaragua. — Survey for the Canal. — Lake of Nicaragua. — Plan of 

 the Canal. — Lockage.— Estimate of Cost. — Former Efforts to construct the 

 Canal. — Its Advantages. — Central American Hospitality. — Tierra Caliente. — 

 Horrors of Civil War 396 



