CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
PAGE 
Attempted Negro Eevolt at Panama.—General Olarte.—Petition 
from a Convict Boy.—Railroad across the Isthmus.—Improve¬ 
ments caused by it.—Foreign Enterprise.—Gold Mines of 
Barbacoas.—War between Spain and Chili.— Anecdote of 
Abraham Lincoln. I 
CHAPTER II. 
Treasure-trove. — The Story of the Cocos Island. — An Old 
Pirate.—The Divining Rod in the New World.—I awake and 
find myself famous. — Captain Dow.—M. Zeltner.—Chiriqui 
Inscriptions.—Their Singular Resemblance to the Ancient 
British.—A Bold Theory.17 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from Panama. — The Railroad Steamers. — Punta 
Arenas.—Expedition up the Rio Frio.—Modern Sirens.—Co¬ 
nn to. — Captain Cauty.—Leon. — A Disagreeable-smelling 
Plant.—Mimicry in Nature.—We Start for New Segovia . . 33 
CHAPTER IY. 
A Deep Well.—A Short Cut.—Farm of Pilon.—Achuapa.—The 
Schoolmaster Abroad—Region of Oaks and Pines.—Bonbon. 
_Jamaili.—Future of Nicaragua.— Arrival at Ocotal ... 49 
