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Three gringos in Venezuela and Central America

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FORDING THE CHAMELICON RIVER Frontispiece

MAP OF VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA, SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE “THREE GRINGOS” xiii

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BELIZE 7

SIR ALFRED MOLONEY 10

NATIVE CONSTABULARY, BELIZE 13

MAIN STREET, BELIZE 17

NATIVE WOMEN OF LIVINGSTON 20

GUATEMALLECAN ARMY AT LIVINGSTON 23

BARRACKS AT PORT BARRIOS 25

THE EXILED LOTTERY BUILDING 35

THE IGUANAS OF HONDURAS 51

OUR NAVAL ATTACHÉ 57

OUR MILITARY ATTACHÉ 60

A STRETCH OF CENTRAL-AMERICAN RAILWAY 62

THE THREE GRINGOS 64

SETTING OUT FROM SAN PEDRO SULA 67

THE HIGHLANDS OF HONDURAS 71

SOMERSET 74

A DRAWER OF WATER 77

NATIVE METHOD OF DRYING COFFEE 85

IN A CENTRAL-AMERICAN FOREST 89

ON THE TRAIL TO SANTA BARBARA 97

A HALT AT TRINIDAD 101

GENERAL LOUIS BOGRAN 105

OUR PACK-TRAIN AT SANTA BARBARA 107

A VILLAGE IN THE INTERIOR 114

BRIDGE CONNECTING TEGUCIGALPA WITH ITS SUBURB 123

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF TEGUCIGALPA 127

THE BANK OF HONDURAS 129

STATUE OF MORAZAN 132

P. BONILLA 135

GENERAL LOUIS BOGRAN, EX-PRESIDENT 138

BARRACKS OF TEGUCIGALPA AFTER THE ATTACK OF THE REVOLUTIONISTS 141

MORAZAN, THE LIBERATOR OF HONDURAS 145

ON THE WAY TO CORINTO 155

PRINCIPAL HOTEL AND PRINCIPAL HOUSE AT CORINTO 162

HARBOR OF CORINTO 175

THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE AT MANAGUA 179

PRESIDENT ZELAYA OF NICARAGUA 183

MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING CHANGES IN TRADE ROUTES AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE NICARAGUA CANAL 191

DREDGES IN THE CANAL 195

THE BAY OF PANAMA 199

PANAMA CANAL ON THE PACIFIC SIDE 203

HUTS OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON THE CANAL 206

THE TOP OF A DREDGE 209

STREET SCENE IN PANAMA 213

THE CANAL IN THE INTERIOR 217

STATUE OF SIMON BOLIVAR, CARACAS 223

STATUE OF WASHINGTON DECORATED WITH FLORAL WREATHS BY THE VENEZUELANS 227

DECORATION OF THE STATUE OF BOLIVAR AT CARACAS, VENEZUELA, DECEMBER 18, 1895, BY AMERICAN RESIDENTS 231

SIMON BOLIVAR 234

VIEW OF LA GUAYRA 235

THE RAILROAD UP THE MOUNTAIN 239

COURT-YARD OF A HOUSE IN CARACAS 243

THE MARKET OF CARACAS 247

VIEW OF CARACAS Facing 250

PRESIDENT CRESPO, OF VENEZUELA 251

LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, CARACAS 253

THE PRESIDENT’S BODY-GUARD OF COWBOYS 255

BAPTIZING INDIANS AT A VENEZUELA STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 259

A TYPICAL HUNTING-PARTY IN VENEZUELA 263

A CLEARING IN THE COUNTRY 267

THE CUYUNI RIVER 271

VENEZUELAN STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 274

ENGLISH STATION ON THE CUYUNI RIVER 275

DR. PEDRO EZEQUIEL ROJAS 277

MAP EXPLAINING VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE 278

THE CITY OF CARACAS 279

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MAP OF VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA, SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE “THREE GRINGOS”

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