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risters^ which continues occasionally until two 

 and three in the morning, is soon followed by 

 a peal of bells from the cathedral and from 

 every other church, to tell the world it is time 

 to go to matins ; so that repose at Panama 

 can only be obtained during the middle of the 

 day, when the silence is so great that a whisper 

 in the streets might be heard. 



Among other topics of conversation here, 

 the extraordinary phenomenon of the volcano 

 which burst out at Cosigui'na, in the province 

 of Nicaragua, in lat. 12° 57' north, long. 87"" 

 37' west, at a spot not less than 800 miles 

 from Jamaica, is a source of great interest. 

 The effect was felt at various places so 

 distant from it, that unless positively au- 

 thenticated, the account would appear too mira- 

 culous to be believed. The ashes from this 



