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pool; and all around the forest was dense. A cool brook 
ran near at hand and gave a fine bathing-place as the hot 
water mingled with it. We were assured that the men 
who drank the sulphurous hot water never had fever. 
Sulphur Spring. 
From Tenedores the surveyed line of railroad extends 
up the valley of the Motagua to Gualan, thence up the 
ascent to the high plateau on which stands Chiquimula, 
and thence to Guatemala City, where it will connect with 
the road now in operation from that city to San Jose, on 
the Pacific; five thousand feet below. 
Before leaving the Atlantic coast we must again men¬ 
tion the numerous steamship lines from Livingston to 
New Orleans, New York, Belize, Puerto Cortez, Jamaica, 
