The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

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art,iatt Intimately connected With thp
trlri Fruit Company under,ook thp
a.. woth 10 nav tpiaa pushed and u
: ,uIts likely thas within two years ths
travelled wii ~ abia ~ mahe tn entife
barney from the coast 10 W" capital by
nn
Al prsarnt one must eover tho SEVENTY.
&C. mil~s hetween VI Rancho and Guatemala
N mulebaoh. . trip which under favoFabls
seaihor conditions IL ~ considerable In
,sres, for tho escsileht opportunities N
affords 10 become acquainted ~ hrat hand
si,h tba nature u thu country and the ways
sad manners 81 tho inhabitants thereof.
RiAina alone 10 always o oheerisaa sort u
affair and I waa glad enough to find that
three Of my fellow passengers on the train
sete also bound for the capital. With the
natural courtesy Of their race, they In
,ltsd me 10 Join their party and I lost no
TIM In accepting their offer.
We reached Nj Rancho at IL A. NJ
and soon secured this necessary eaddl .
and cargo animals, with o couple Of
mosoe TO look after the latter; and at 3
o'clock set out 10 u glarins. dazzling. blind.
ing beat for the village Of Sanarats, tw enty-
Ave miles distant. For o good part Of the
way the trail followed tho recently CON-
ole,ed roadbed Of the railway. beaten hard
BY the passing Of hundreds Of pack AMI
mails; but at intervals We took short cuts
BY steep bride paths over the hills, from
whose summits charming bits Of scenery
rewarded our gaze. or through gloomy
ravines, ~overshaded by dense tropical
foliage, alive with the hum Of millions Of
tnsects.
From time to time We were able TO look
10 through the doors Of tiny. palm thatchsd
cane houses, where naked children sus-
pended their frolicking TO gaze at US with
mute wonderment, while lean, NANCY curs
leaped forth to snap and snarl 81 our heels.
Now and then We stopped at n Of these
huts to ask for water, which was always
rendered with alacrity and with many
excuses for the primitive vessel In which
1t was conveyed; and as we started on again
the River never failed to wish us ~oourteously
q pleasant journey. And these are people
who cannot read or write.
Shortly after dark We reached SanarateI
where we secured excellent acoommoda-
,ions In Q clean little hotel, run by q German
American from Chicago, When he found l
was from New York / was as his long lost
brother, and he Immediately Get EN- up.
In fact, he repeated this operation 80 often
that he forgot to call u on time the next
morning, aud 1t was after 7 when we got
away, mine host waving q fearful adieu.
We passed through the tiny village OF
San Antonio about 10 O'Clock. where at
the ancient fountain q dozen I dian girls.
the bright colors Of whose garments COM
pensated for their scantiness, were engaged
in filing the same kind OF water jar that
their ancestors used since time immemorial.
soon afterward We made the little pueblo
Of Aguas Calientes, where we halted for
breakfast.
Our host could only supply us with ~frijoles
and tortilles, these, however. In abundant
quantity, and as Don jose Maria had
thoughtfully brought along q roast chicken