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in a polite but most determined manner, did not like to see 
foreigners settle on its territory ; and when I replied by 
representing the contrary views of General Munoz, he 
remarked that the influence of General Munoz would soon 
terminate. l A few months later Fruto Chamorro, at the 
head of a military force of some hundred men, marched on 
Leon, where the party to which Munoz belonged had esta- 
blished an opposition government. The latter fell into 
the hands of his adversary, and narrowly escaping the fate 
of being shot, was banished from the country. Of both 
men I shall have to speak more hereafter. 
It was the 4th of March when I returned to Granada. 
The road leads through some very fine sections of country, 
particularly those near the southern foot of the Mombacho. 
The southern side of this mountain presents a much more 
interesting aspect than the northern. The southern wall 
of the crater being broken down, the inner side of the 
northern wall can be seen from that quarter. 
I passed the night at Nandaime, a large village, situated 
in the plain, at the south-western base of the Mombacho. 
This plain is kept moist and green throughout the year by 
the local exudations caused by the mountain as stated on a 
former occasion. It has several permanent springs, and 
the inhabitants are much engaged in the cultivation of rice, 
for which commodity Nandaime is the chief place of pro- 
duction in Nicaragua. 
1 After my return to Granada I 
wrote to the General on this subject, 
mentioning the ideas of his political 
adversary. In his answer, dated Leon 
the 20th of March, the General says : — 
" Mi infmencia estara" siempre en favor 
de la colonizacion, y mucho mas del 
pueblo Aleman, que por muchos titulos 
y grande interes es acreedor a nuestras 
deferencias." The opposite views of 
these two men were the views of their 
parties. 
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