New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07

COSTA RIGA. The President Carazo, the only
steamer on the coast, came into port Two days
late. and then instead Of heading for Ereyto"n
started on q long cruise up Blueheids ana NreaO
rivers. and thence to Cape Gracias and Corn
Island The prospect of an enforced delay OF III
teen DAYS iii a town on the edge OF the greao
Central American forest, from which there was
not even trail leading inland, was SO appainhg
that / entered into protracted negotiations Win
the negro postmaster for chartering small Sail
boat with Carib crew to take me TO urey'o"h'
-Four mornings in succession the postmastel
agreed TO furnish the boat. il the pilot wouio
consider it safe to make the run, and every even
ing he reported that the sea was very rough ana
that the Caribs were afraid to venture OUT Con-
WINGED that the Caribs preferred 10
spend the evenings in furtive daiilance
with the dusky maids Of Bluefelds, and were eX-
aoqerating the perils of the treacherous sea that
bears their name, secured from Mr. Balllnger'
an energetic Canadian in the banana trade the
promise of another boat and crew. The start
was TO be made at in the morning. At ohe
boat was at the wharf and duly provisoned ana
freghted with baggage 1t proved 10 DE .he
postmasters boat after all, the Caro pllot having
finally consented, under stress OF competition,
take more hopeful view Of sea and Weather'
The Professor and / promptly embarked puC Vne
skipper and crew disappeared to take leave oi
their swarthy friends, and it was 10 o'clock be-
fore they reoined the craft. Meanwhile we had
ample leisure for watching the departure OF the
river boat Hendy for Rama, with decks oro"ueu
with Nicaraguans and banana-planters When the
Caribs returned there was another detention uhe
postmaster having decided to put us IN charge Oh
the mail for Greytown. The Health Ofhcer IN
spccted the passengers and the boat was cleared
Iu,A lnnfhc
mainsal and let loose the iib. and the little craft
crawed away from the wharf with Darely
breath Of wind. Even with five hours of I'M
necessary detention at the pier and with the GER
tainty Of being becalmed in the lagoon for two
bonrs before reaching the bluff and heading for
the omen sea. there was an exhlarating sense of
triumph in having overcome, after laborious
struggle. the inertia of Nicaraguan existence.
The bold headland familiarly known as the
bluff lies seven miles away. 10 the north Is
Pearl Lagoon. where Robert Clarence, chief OF all
the MOSQUITOES, black and brown, dwels with his
retnue of tipping followers. The Bluefelds River
emptes into bay at the northern edge of the town
"a typical tropical stream flowing through
trackless forest. Further north is Great River,
with it's exhausted rubber trees and mahogany
CAMPS Higher still are the gold streams, where
a. few pioneers in placer mining are now indus
triously washing sand in the pan and in the long
watches of the tropical night dreaming of a new
California. The Mosquito coast is a narrow Dor
der of coral reef and sand, deeply indented with
bays where the forest rivers pour into the Carib-
bean Sea their waters, swollen into torrents dur
ing the rainy season. In huddles Of bamboo huts
on the shores of the lagoons are few thousands
of degenerate and incorporate Indians of the
WuIva Rama and Smu tribes. 1t is q low-lying,
level coast with white line Of curling surf at its
base, and background of wilderness of rich lux
uriance and unchanging repose
The breeze freshens as the boat draws near the
bluff and the Carib pilot, in order to give his two
messengers an exhibition of his skill a navigator,
runs a race with schooner that is heading out to
GA. His craft sails so close TO the wind that he