Category: Adventure
Night from Home--Sailor Hospitality--Scarcity of Provisions--A Hazardous Alternative--A Wayward Boy--Preparations for leaving the Interior--Distribution of Effects--Our Traveling Suit--Start for San Francisco--Farewell--Three Individuals under a Full Head of Steam--Arrival at...
Night from Home--Sailor Hospitality--Scarcity of Provisions--A Hazardous Alternative--A Wayward Boy--Preparations for leaving the Interior--Distribution of Effects--Our Travelin...
2. CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.--A Dry Suit--Restaurants--Waiters and3. CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.--Sail for San Francisco--AFleet--Mud--Prosperity--Ships and Storehouses--Buoyant Seas--Shoals in Business--Revulsion and Fire--Their Consequences--Sail for Santa Barbara--The Town--Dexterous Feat by a Gr...
4. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.--Acapulco--The Tree of Love--Bathing andFemales--A Californian in a Tight Place--Earthquakes--Sail for Realejo--Volcano Viejo--Its Devastating Eruption--Realejo and Harbor--A Cart and its Passengers--A Wall-street Fin...
5. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.--A Problem in Mathematics worked out with aCane--Pueblo Nueva--Cultivating the Acquaintance of a Horse--Looking for the Rider--An “Old Salt” stuck in the Mud--Uncomfortable Night’s Rest--Nagarotes--Lake Leon and the surr...
6. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.--Massaya--The Carnival--FemaleLabors--Gourds--Maidens consigned to a Volcano--A Donkey “_non est_”--Ox _versus_ Donkey--Same Medicine prescribed--Lake Nicaragua--Grenada--A “Priest” in a Convent--“Our” Horse...
7. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH.--Passage down the San Juan River--CastilianRapids--The “Director”--Arrival at San Juan--Boarded by a Posse of Negroes--British Protectorate--Philanthropy of Great Britain--Her Magnanimous and Disinterested Conduct toward...
8. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.--Sail for Home--Pass the “Golden Gate”--SadCondition of the Passengers--Graves at the Base of the Snowy Mountains--Land Recedes--Luxuries on Board--A Death and Burial--Another Death--Whales and Porpoises _versus_ Serpent...
9. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.--Cloud and Clipperton Islands--Whales, Sharks,Porpoises, and Dolphins--A Shark captured--Shark Steak--“Caudle Lecture”--Death of Samuel B. Lewis--A Calm--Foot Races by the Ship’s Furniture--Passenger Peculiarities--Short of...
10. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST.--Bay of Panama--Its Beauties--Tropical Fruits--TheCity in sight--Excitement on Board--Appearance of the City--Her Ruins--Preparations to Drop Anchor--“Stand by!”--“Let go the Anchor!”--Farewell to the Sick--A Perilous Ride on t...
11. CHAPTER THIRTY-SECOND.--A Nun--Fandango--Marriage Engagementbroken--Start for Gorgona--Our Extreme Modesty--Sagacity of the Mule--Sleep on my Trunk--A Dream--An Alligator with a Moustache--Infernal Regions--Demons--An Individual with Lon...
12. CHAPTER THIRTY-THIRD.--Chagres, its Growth--Getting on board the EmpireCity--Magnificent Steamer--Gold Dust on board--Steamers Alabama, Falcon, Cherokee, and Severn--My friend Clark arrives on board--Preparations for Starting--Our Steamer makes her...
13. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURTH.--Our Wheels revolve--The Natives of the IslandExtinct--The Wrongs they have suffered--The Island once a Paradise--San Domingo, her Mountains--Cuba--A Shower Bath Gratis--“Sail ho!”--Caycos Island and Passage--Turtle for Din...
14. Chapter Ten.San Francisco was, at this time, infested by a gang of desperados disposed to repudiate all laws, and be governed only by their own fiendish propensities. They styled themselves...
15. Chapter Twelve.We drove out a mile, to the margin of an extensive plain, where we stopped at a well, filled our flasks, and moved on, a gentleman who had a friend in the hospital at the fort,...
16. Chapter Twenty-first.DANGEROUS NAVIGATION--A TRIP OVER THE FALLS--A NIGHT FROM HOME--SAILOR HOSPITALITY--SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS--A HAZARDOUS ALTERNATIVE--A WAYWARD BOY--PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING THE...
17. Chapter Twenty-second.Our first want was a dry suit, consequently we were on the _qui vive_ for a clothing establishment; the first store we came to was unfinished, the front being hung with blue jea...
18. Chapter Twenty-third.SAIL FOR SAN FRANCISCO--A FLEET--MUD--PROSPERITY--SHIPS AND STOREHOUSES--BUOYANT SEAS--SHOALS IN BUSINESS--REVULSION AND FIRE--THEIR CONSEQUENCES--SAIL FOR SANTA BARBARA--THE TO...
19. Chapter Twenty-fourth.ACAPULCO--THE TREE OF LOVE--BATHING AND FEMALES--A CALIFORNIAN IN A TIGHT PLACE--EARTHQUAKES--SAIL FOR REALEJO--VOLCANO VIEJO--ITS DEVASTATING ERUPTION--REALEJO AND HARBOR--A CA...
20. Chapter Twenty-fifth.A PROBLEM IN MATHEMATICS WORKED OUT WITH A CANE--PUEBLO NUEVA--CULTIVATING THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A HORSE--LOOKING FOR THE RIDER--AN “OLD SALT” STUCK IN THE MUD--UNCOMFORTABLE NIGH...
21. Chapter Twenty-sixth.MASSAYA--THE CARNIVAL--FEMALE LABORS--GOURDS--MAIDENS CONSIGNED TO A VOLCANO--A DONKEY “NON EST”--OX _versus_ DONKEY--SAME MEDICINE PRESCRIBED--LAKE NICARAGUA--GRENADA--A “PRIES...
22. Chapter Twenty-seventh.PASSAGE DOWN THE SAN JUAN RIVER--CASTILIAN RAPIDS--THE “DIRECTOR”--ARRIVAL AT SAN JUAN--BOARDED BY A POSSE OF NEGROES--BRITISH PROTECTORATE--PHILANTHROPY OF GREAT BRITAIN--HER M...
23. Chapter Twenty-eighth.SAIL FOR HOME--PASS THE “GOLDEN GATE,”--SAD CONDITION OF THE PASSENGERS--GRAVES AT THE BASE OF THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS--LAND RECEDES--LUXURIES ON BOARD--A DEATH AND BURIAL--ANOTHER...
24. Chapter Twenty-ninth.CLOUD AND CLIPPERTON ISLANDS--WHALES, SHARKS, PORPOISES, AND DOLPHINS--A SHARK CAPTURED--SHARK STEAK--“CAUDLE LECTURE”--DEATH OF SAMUEL B. LEWIS--A CALM--FOOT RACES BY THE SHIP’...
25. Chapter Thirty-first.BAY OF PANAMA--ITS BEAUTIES--TROPICAL FRUITS--THE CITY IN SIGHT--EXCITEMENT ON BOARD--APPEARANCE OF THE CITY; HER RUINS--PREPARATIONS TO DROP ANCHOR--“STAND BY”--“LET GO THE ANC...
26. Chapter Thirty-second.A NUN--FANDANGO--MARRIAGE ENGAGEMENT BROKEN--START FOR GORGONA--OUR EXTREME MODESTY--SAGACITY OF THE MULE--SLEEP ON MY TRUNK--A DREAM--AN ALLIGATOR WITH A MOUSTACHE--INFERNAL RE...
27. Chapter Thirty-third.CHAGRES, ITS GROWTH--GETTING ON BOARD THE EMPIRE CITY--MAGNIFICENT STEAMER--GOLD DUST ON BOARD--STEAMERS ALABAMA, FALCON, CHEROKEE, AND SEVERN--MY FRIEND CLARK ARRIVES ON BOARD-...
28. Chapter Thirty-fourth.OUR WHEELS REVOLVE--THE NATIVES OF THE ISLAND EXTINCT--THE WRONGS THEY HAVE SUFFERED--THE ISLAND ONCE A PARADISE--SAN DOMINGO, HER MOUNTAINS--CUBA--A SHOWER BATH GRATIS--“SAIL H...