The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-12-26

mitted to recline on this bed while .
w fire burned underneath.
The churches of Santo Domingo and
Ia Juan de Dios and the Cathedral of
Irthagena are excellent specimens of
chitecture considering the time in
hich they were built. Tradition says
(ere is an underground passage ex-
Ending from the church of San Juan
Dios to the castle of San Fernando,
light miles down the bay, and another
extending eastward to San Felipe and
hence to La Popa, but whether this
egend, and others respecting treasure
concealed in them, has any foundation
In fact is probably beyond the ken of
living man, although the clergy may
have information on the subject. How,
ever that may be it is fact that therf'
are many underground passages, e.
pecially at San Felipe, which haro
never been explored in the time of NJ 9"
now living
We left Carthagena on July 18th >,
ceiepi".eu 'i'"V o,oaV anu w. fifteen
day by having railroad wreck auo
kilometers out of the city. Itwd hoon
to the fact that as no trainssh ~
running the tropical veget&N -, Nv
grown up over the rails to suc,.+ hold
tent that the brakes would aors
/ We rolled a coach full Off ,ros
! | into the ditch but luckily i, .,s,.,1
seriously injured. l was in a,nod tba
: managers private car sog ~ ao1on
e shaking up, but as resulb roro ton
: caused by this mishap p, Cor+ho
! hours in making the trip otars
a g6na to Calamar-10.5 XII ra,on,.r+b o+
Y l had expected to leay 49,. otYoo+
t evening as advertiseme, :, ND 1oovo
: that the stmr. 'Wesse ,a+oa j.,
: for up-river points ha 4oro IN arriv
d Carthagena the day fonnd that
n ing in taicsaal, how ta,,on nossos
:, the 'Wessels'' had ~
o sion of by the Go ,.m,,, hoo+ "
L being transformed , MI ~
e $50 called on the n as-.a,I+oo,, ao 1fs
It shot of it was tina ca1a., 49,
""' Ire not soul could
iii'h1'nI,O n.y.. bsisting chiefly on
y 'po"A '1'7 i-'N' which was the al
/ most invariabl ,,,d no haat
x as to when thu .t so,,o, i,o;aostu
g river. One of 49, ,,1oa,,+i,,,'o ,,.s,,
II "niGii D0lol' 1lizard in my bed when
Wv 'ii,Nii7 fe one evening.
'o"l WV comes to him who waits,
/ passage on the stmr.
~ h La Dorado on July 21st.
= "D fired Oh by Liberals some
- '1i'' A''N' ,/before and my cabin was
~ 'ile1 "oe :Jbullet-holes. The ventila-
~ ii''iieo much improved in conse-
- 'ioii were eleven days making
- - fom Calamar to La Dorado
40 WV fy being more or less enliven-
- o,1 'oo3 ing a soldier, who attempted
~ from the "'Santander," drown
~ W Taught by an alligator 1--WE
80 tell which) at Banco; by losing
1922 overheard; by shooting at alliga-
- .aa hd by preparing to play hide
" TX with Liberals each night after
-, "no Sg at Bodega Central The boats
e }run at night above Bodega Cen
~ YEvery evening we would site
90 'i1to the bank in some secluded spot
- Mg rope cables instead of the usual
ones. Of our guard of soldiers
~ would be stationed over the cables
or heavy machetes, ready to cut
the first alarm, while the rest
IN NV ted in the surrounding woods
to WY els. The doleful round of
40 sen' 'Dos!" ''Tresl" "Cua-
.g- t tne .SRr' ">eis" &c, could be
We w. long unless one were
ed n n on to be able to go to
as n" .:., - ing in his ears. My
~ sleep Win II ill with fever but
A. cabin-mate was tan ah;r - 3d.. Wv
ny moved into anotht sa.au $500 $1,000.
~ There was also anon &c shock IN
ny aboard. Had an eartf oma aiant
IN July 31st. 1t seemed as ..t onar
ST. hand were trying to tip til ou.o,-
Ior And thunder storms! They 10 dow
MS aiacks. 1t seldom rained i H.,
ng time but there was almost inl 49,
to thunder shower at night. nv hnt
nat ming was such as you read al but
OF seldom see.
'ur We finally reached La DorS
l..
er- Aug. LIST and | was fortunate
is to secure permission to 60 TO liohd1
SITS Government troop train, otherwise
is would have had to stay at La Dora4
les over night ! came near not being abb
nd. to get a place to sleep even, the frs
EEL night in Honda but finally fell in with
lit. former Colombian who had lived in tn
raj States whose knowledge OF the way o
ate the country enabled him to induce hi
hey landlady to give me some dinner and tt
red hang up on NAIL so to speak, in thu
an public room of the house. Honda i,
I'D very sickly this year owing to the move
nat ment of troops, but didn't get away
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