New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-21
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Jauruey from Leon through Nueva sesoVia
and Honduras.

oeigbtlul mCuntIin air increases" my
clear cool river afforded me refreshing oa'i, anu INC
wooded uounttins many silent place IN wnch 70 >"
"a .n,ov The ,weet solitude Of the evening. Inc
nsa;nr os some few books which had found their way |
90 mi. retired place. gave me much enjoyment had
p.r,.,r.r.nd yoIrArRE az well as some of the more
modern li,era.urc-FREDERIc SoULIE and ALEX d.
r.s I'M. received present which delighted me more
than everything else II consisted Of the Constitution
of America. the Declaration of Independence and
wAsHISc1 oS's Farewell Address and some others CT
those valuable documents which form the earest pages
IN the history Of noble and grand Nation Od happy
ard quiet days in Dpto why must you nnsh 20 soon'
As the dry season would not last more than iour
weeks longer was obliged TO continue my JOURNEYS
wished to see az much Of Honduras a. possible ana
eyeA entertained bOpes Of being able 10 see iH''e
st. Salvador had great difficulty in procuring go0u
rnules o. there was great scarcity oil ioddei ''
time. which had incapacitaied them from undergoing
INV severe Iebor At this crisis La Madame seeing my
trouble offered me her saddle horse, 10 carry my
bsgpsee an offer too generous 10 be accepted.
Al last I was able to procure psck-Inuie DaI 1t
could not be delivered to for some days' and as
ferd had len, me saddle horse concluded 10 20 on
alone and pay visit for day two 10 my old travel
IN, communion. Mr. D., who worked brunch mine
In Mspuezo After having bid farewell TO all my iends
and scouainances mounted my gay little brown morse
and started off alone on my journey. Ny friends had
given me very explicit directions TO the road that
should Take and warned to be very cautious re az
hi. time Of the year the prarics were on IRE IN many
places.
continued my journey for come eight or nine miles
without any thing occurring worth noting when AZ was
eoipg along little valley gently descending ground
saw that the whole grass before on fire. 1t was
critical position for me, indeed The wind was blow
ing dead ahead 70 that If had gone back, the flames
would have certainly overtaken me. On both SIDES OF
me were steep walls Of rock, which 1t was Impossible 10
ascend. and in front Of me were the raging flames but
notwithstanding the danger in that direction appeared
10 be the greatest vet it was not so. Had the grass
been AZ high rs that Of the Texan praes or those oil
the far West the danger would have been far more i'm
ninent but here thin and short and offered but
little combustibe material to the flames. Their forces
not 80 great but that sometimes a small brook will ar
rest their progress stony patch OF ground will al
ford safe refuge either OF beast, that may be
surprised BY them. II singular to observe how &C
customed the cattle have become 10 these frequent
fires There are great number running loose In the
woods and ] have frequently seen cows, with their
cslyes not more than one hundred yards from the
burning gfnss quietly retiring to secure place re-
treated TO an elevated spot dsmounted put my horses
saddle little further back, as to enable him 10 give
fuller play TO his lungs and eat awaiting the proper
time to dash through My good little horse neished
gently az Il It were to say, 81 know what you mean
YOU may trust yourself TO me 80 remountcd and,
when the flames had reached favorable spot buried
my face In my horses' name, and spurred on. lie
plunged boldly on amid the smoke and fire. and for
second or two had vivid conception OF what must be
the life Of the damned but very shortly emerged from
the hame and, although the ground was covered with
hot ashes for short distance and the air filed with
dense smoke and here and there there burning
log over which was forced TO jump my horse yet al
ter having got over q small brook. found mysef in
safety the green gross little spring afforded re-
frcthing drink for both and beat and never had
before fipped the nectar of Father Rhine with such
extreme delight as did that water. | washed my in
famed face and my poor horses ecorched legs, and
then sct about resainng my road which had lost in
this hottest OF all races both my great annoyance and
20 the fatigue ofmy horse.
On account Of this unlocked for interruption had
lost much time to be able TO reach Maguezo and
ss toward evening had shot deer on the banks OF
the Rio Coco hobbled my horse roasted piece of
the veniaon the approved hunters fashion aud
encamped for the night In the morning threw the
remainder of the deer to the eoyoias which had been
serenadng the whole night IN anxious expectation
for IT, This little adventure in the burning prairie may
seem to great part OF my readers little like ro-
country can affirm that is nothing but the simple
truth and that the inhabitants do pay atten
ton to il than New Yorker would to stage running
in Broadway, a Western man to duel, or Calior
Man TO losing hly octagon gold pieces IN gambling.
soon reached Maeuelizo, shook hands with old ID -
and started my way for Honduras after rcpose OF
few hours The silver OF Maguelzo nearly all sui
phurct Undecided in crystalized quartz and although
the locality quite favorable as that of Dpto yet
the results are the tenth part OF what they would be
were the mines worked with sufficient capital.
had reached the highest ridge OF the mountains.
At the distance Of but few ride shots apart, small
streams sent their either TO the Atlantic to the
Pacific. As far as iuscarap which is the first town in
the State of Honduras. the only habitaonS that had
with two little miserable Indian huts and in
of these passed the night and had the pleasure of
sharing the only room Of the house with one man,
three women six children, and from twelve fifteen
dogs making from twenty-five to twenty five in all
slept In a wooden trough which served to clean those
animals that the children Of Moses abhor after their
death My slumbers were not disturbed by the ghosts
of the bloody victims that had been slain in my bed but
by immense numbers OF legged and four legged in
sccts which were furnished me in ample store by the
other inmates Of the house Whoever has slept in
pany with dozen dogs and dirty Indians both big
and little around his bed can imagine what delightful
night passed.
The next day as wss climbing little bluff on foot
leading my horse by the birdie, tiger looked down
upon me from the summit evidently quite sstonshed
A. my rAe tied TO the saddle and the tiger
that the horse too frightened to allow me 10 get it,
had just time draw pistol and to re while the tiger
about teeen yards of The ball entered his left
eye, and down he dead tiger can be waile
my horse went of in great fright But jumped
rapidly down over few rocks and caught him-snd
skinned my tiger carrying the skin with as trophy
In the afternoon reached the Rio Grande lie Cholutecs
which forms the boundary of Honduras 1t Is noble
river and there considerable water in il al
that time Of year. As it ows between steep rocks
down narrow bed. there are but one or two places
where II Is no.kihle and had Lar