CHAPTER XVI.

IN AND AROUND LA GLORIA.

Horses That May Have Committed Suicide--Colonel Maginniss "A Master Hand in Sickness"--Sudden and Surprising Rise of Water--A Deluge of Frogs--A Greedy Snake--Catching Fish in Central Avenue--D. Siefert's Industry--Max Neuber--Mountain View--A Facetious Signboard--The Sangjai--An Aggravating and Uncertain Channel 203