208 DOTTINGS ON THE ROADSIDE. [Chap. XII.-B. S. 
named Guzmanville, after his Excellency the Presi¬ 
dent. A town is greatly needed close to the mines; 
in the first place, it is very desirable that respectable 
workmen should be encouraged to settle and make 
their homes in the vicinity, whose services might 
then he secured as they are needed; in the next 
place, there is a necessity for a steady source whence to 
draw supplies, at a cost far less than is now paid for 
the necessaries of life at Libertad. Of provisions there 
is abundance in that town; and during the greater 
part of the year they are brought to the mines for sale 
in any quantity, but towards the close of the rainy 
season the roads become so heavy that a scarcity often 
occurs, which would he obviated by the close vicinity 
(less than half a mile) of the town of Guzmanville. 
Having, in April, been relieved in my duties by 
Colonel Eichard Maury, son of the celebrated phy¬ 
sical geographer of the sea, I took my departure for 
England, where I arrived on the 28th of May, 1867, 
and was once more able to resume, amongst other la¬ 
bours, the publication of my scientific writings re¬ 
lating to the Government Expedition to the Yiti 
Islands, to which I was attached. 
I must now bid the reader good-bye, to leave some 
space for my friend Captain Bedford Pirn. In writ¬ 
ing the foregoing chapters, I have in some measure 
taken the wind out of his sails by freely using his 
notes; but he is very fond of inviting me 11 to take a 
leaf out of his book,” and he must therefore feel ra¬ 
ther pleased than otherwise that, acting upon his invi¬ 
tation, I have taken not a leaf only, but several pages. 
