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CONTENTS 



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THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER L 



Departure— The Voyage.— Arrival at Balize.— Mixing of Colours.— Government 

 House.— Colonel M'Donald. — Origin of Balize. — Negro Schools. — Scene in a 

 Court-room. — Law without Lawyers. — The Barracks. — Excursion in a Pit- 

 pan.— A Beginning of Honours.— Honours accumulating.— Departure from 

 Balize.— Sweets of Office Page 9 



CHAPTER, H. 



Every one for himself. — Travellers' Tricks. — Puenta Gorda. — A Visit to the Ca- 

 rib Indians. — A Carib Crone. — A Baptism. — Rio Dolce. — Beautiful Scenery. — 

 Yzabal.— Reception of the Padre. — A Barber in Office. — A Band of " Invinci- 

 bles."— Parties in Central America.— A Compatriot.— A Grave in a Foreign 

 Land.— Preparations for the Passage of " the Mountain." — A Road not Macad- 

 amized,— Perils by the Way.— A well-spiced Lunch.— The Mountaia passed 



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CHAPTER m. 



A Canonigo.— How to roast a Fowl,— Extempore Shoemaking.— Motagua River. 

 — Beautiful Scene.— Crossing the River. — The Luxury of Water. — Primitive 

 Costumes. — How to make Tortillas. — Costly Timber. — Gualan. — Oppressive 

 Heat. — Shock of an Earthquake. — A stroll through the Town. — A troublesome 

 Muleteer.— A Lawsuit. — Important Negotiations. — A Modern Bona Dea. — How 

 to gain a Husband. — A Kingdom of Flora. — Zacapa. — Making free with a 

 Host 51 



CHAPTER IV. 



Purchasing a Bridle. — A School and its Regulations. — Conversation with an In- 

 dian.— Spanish Translation of the " Spy." — Chiquimula. — A Church in Ruins. 

 —A Veteran of the French Empire.— St. Stephanos.— A Land of Mountains.— 

 An Affair with a Muleteer.— A deserted Village.— A rude Assault,— Arrest.— 

 Imprisonment. — Release 70 



CHAPTER V. 



An Indian Funeral.— Copan River. — Woman's Kindness. — Hacienda of San An- 

 tonio.— Strange Customs.— A Mountain of Aloes.— The State of Honduras. 

 — Village of Copan. — An ungracious Host. — Wall of Copan. — History of Co- 

 pan. — First View of the Ruins. — Vain Speculations. — Apphcations for Medi- 

 cine.— Search for an Abode.— A Sick Woman.— Plagues of a Muleteer.— An 

 unpleasant Situation.— A Thunder Storm.— Thoughts of buying Copan . 86 



