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PASSAGE DOWN THE SAN JUAN RIVER—CASTILIAN RAPIDS—THE “ DIRECTOR”—ARRIVAL 
AT SAN JUAN—BOARDED BY A POSSE OF NEGROES—BRITISH PROTECTORATE—PHILAN¬ 
THROPY OF GREAT BRITAIN—HER MAGNANIMOUS AND DISINTERESTED CONDUCT TOWARDS 
THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH—NICARAGUA GRACIOUSLY REMEMBERED—A HUNT FOR A 
SOVEREIGN—A FULL-GROWN KING DISCOVERED—HIS DIPLOMACY—INVINCIBILITY— 
AMUSEMENTS AND CORONATION—HIS FIRST PAIR OF PANTALOONS—HAIL “ KING OF 
THE MUSQUITO COAST” !!!—ALL HAIL JAMACA I. !!!— 1 “ HEAR! HEAR!!!” 
We were soon on board, and passing around a point, were float¬ 
ing down the San Juan river at the rate of five knots. After 
a two hour’s run our boatmen unshipped their oars, and com¬ 
menced gambling; we were borne along bj the current, at the 
rate of two miles an hour, until toward evening, when the oars 
were again manned. At nine in the evening, the roar of the 
water admonished us that we were approaching the Castilian 
rapids, and we came to anchor. The natives have a dread of 
this rapid, and in passing it feel that their lives are in imminent 
peril; in this case, however, a party of boatmen forgetting 
themselves in sleep, passed over, and in the morning found 
themselves entangled in the bushes, along the margin of the 
river. We descended the rapid, finding the steamboat C£ Direc¬ 
tor,” in the act of ascending; she was making her first passage 
up, preparatory to taking her place on the lake for the trans¬ 
portation of passengers, in connection with Yanderbilt’s Line of 
steamships. The passage up the rapid was very difficult, 
owing to the strong current, being about six knots-; she however 
succeeded, and is now plying on the lake. We passed down, 
and at two the next morning came to anchor in the harbor of 
San Juan. 
At an early hour in the morning we were boarded by a posse 
of negroes, whose mission it was to search our baggage for fire¬ 
arms; they succeeded in finding two rusty guns belonging to 
our padrone, which they carried off in triumph. It is well 
