CONTENTS. 
BOOK I. 
RAMBLES IN NICARAGUA, &c. 
CHAPTER I. 
Departure from New York — At Sea — Chagres — The American Town and 
the Town of the Natives — Features of Life — San Juan del Norte — Situ- 
ation and Vicissitudes in the recent History of the Town — Elements of 
Population .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Page 3 
CHAPTER II. 
Journey into the Interior — Scenery on the River — Old Castle of San Juan — 
San Carlos — Aspect of the Lake of Nicaragua — Adventures of a young 
German amongst the Indians of the Rio Frio — Science held in high Esteem 
in Spanish America — Canoe Navigation on the Lake — Arrival at Gra- 
nada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 
CHAPTER III. 
Granada and its Environs — Geological Character of the Soil — Volcanic 
Fissures — Habitations of the Lower Classes — Indian Population — Ex- 
cursions in the Neighbourhood — The Playa — Los Corrales — La Joya -*- 
— Lake Songozana of Oviedo — Laguna de Salinas — Home Life of the 
Author — Tame Animals kept in the House — Slaveholding Ants — Ni- 
caraguan Scholars, and Reputation of German Philosophers . . . . 29 
CHAPTER IV. 
Indian Village of Jinotepet — Columnar Cactus and Yucca- trees — Dividing 
Ridge between the Pacific and the Atlantic — Climate of this Region — 
Cultivation of Sugar and Coffee — Boundary-line between different Indian 
Races — Indian Languages of Nicaragua — Aztec "Words in the Spanish 
Idiom of the Country — Geographical Names of Aztec Origin — Pretended 
Gold Mines — Indian Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . 48 
