ORj A TRIP TO THE iMiAXNLAND. 
to arbitrary settlement of the party in power, frorn which there 
appears to be but little chance of obtaining justice on appeal, 
unless supported by that most substantial argument of modern 
days, viz : plenty of money. 
We had made arrangements to return to Jamaica by way of 
Colon, but a Norther’’ having set in with considerable force it 
resulted in wrecking the schooner on her way from Colon, 
that was engaged to take us to that port. Other arrangements 
had therefore to be made and another small schooner was engaged, 
our traps put on board, and we prepared to start. Several little 
unaccountable delays took place, however, and while we were thus 
waiting, another ^^Norther^’ set in, when unanimously the people 
declared minister” could not go in that boat, as she was 
not sufficiently sea worthy to stand any rough weather.^ Our 
traps in consequence were again brought ashore, and we 
had to await another opportunity. During the gale, how- 
ever, a schooner ran in for shelter, and anchored off Bocas-del- 
Tora. She proved to be the Maggie B.” a trader between Port 
Limon and the Ishtmus. The Captain to escape the gale had run 
in for shelter and to fill up with provisions for sale in Colon. 
We engaged a passage in her and the storm having subsided, 
we set sail. 
The wind which for several days previously had been almost 
a hurricane now subsided, to nearly a dead calm. The current 
was running, we were told, som© three miles an hour and was in 
our favour, so that we progressed leisurely, with sails flapping 
idly except for the few '' cats’ paws” that now and then struck 
them. As we neared Colon, however, a breeze sprang up and 
we ran in to the anchorage without any trouble, Here we 
took our leave of the Maggie B.” She was a tight little schooner 
with a low freeboard, fine lines and tall raking masts, and consi- 
dered the finest sailer on the coast. Her Captain was a Norwe- 
gian and was owner of the vessel, which though now a trader had 
formerly rejoiced in the title of yacht. As a rule it is only ^^great 
men” who are able to keep a yacht, but in the case of the ^Alaggie 
B.” it was otherwise, as it was for one of the smallest men that 
ever lived that this vessel was designed and built, and he no less 
a personage than Gteneral Tom Thumb. 
We landed in Colon in a pelting shower and had the misfortune 
for the first two or three days, to meet a continuance of the same 
weather I had heard much of Colon, but I never expected to see 
anything so bad as the state of affairs we found existing. It was 
not possible to cross the streets, without the help of the numer- 
ous old packing cases, planks, &c., that were lying in every direc- 
* She was lost at sea with all hands on her return trip to Colon. 
