JAN ! S 1926 
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BOTANICAL 
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PEE FACE. 
Since the year 1846 the authors of this work have 
been practically acquainted with Central America, 
and have travelled over the greater part of it. They 
hope, therefore, that a few 1 Dotting,s on the Koad- 
side ’ about countries so much talked of, yet so little 
known as Panamd, Nicaragua, and Mosquito, may be 
acceptable. 
Their object has been to place before the public the 
knowledge they have gleaned in such a form that 
those who desire information on the subject may be 
assisted in forming a correct judgment as to the real 
condition of British relations with the American 
Continent. 
Since the time when Mr. Monroe undertook to lay 
down a trade doctrine for the New World, and claimed 
a monopoly of the entire Continent for his countrymen, 
the difficulty of transacting business there has steadily 
increased; nor is it likely to be lessened, so long as 
the folly is every year perpetuated of allowing 200,000 
emigrants and at least £1,000,000 sterling to drift 
across the Atlantic, to swell the ranks of the gigantic 
