. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . arthing more than an Americannickel, being 2|d. in English money. We each change a $5 bill, getting in exchangea collection of excessively dirty bits of paper ofvarying sizes, amounting to $90 in value, whichmakes us feel like millionaires already. Most ofthe $1 bills are so much worn that they havelong ago come to pieces where folded, and areheld together by bits of stamp paper. They aremostly of a smaller size than the other bills, whichis often the only way in which they can be distin-guished, the inscription having become quiteillegib
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . arthing more than an Americannickel, being 2|d. in English money. We each change a $5 bill, getting in exchangea collection of excessively dirty bits of paper ofvarying sizes, amounting to $90 in value, whichmakes us feel like millionaires already. Most ofthe $1 bills are so much worn that they havelong ago come to pieces where folded, and areheld together by bits of stamp paper. They aremostly of a smaller size than the other bills, whichis often the only way in which they can be distin-guished, the inscription having become quiteillegible through dirt. ***** With our pockets bulging with banknotes, weproceed to the station, and there find that we can-not get a train to Guatemala City, but onry as faras Retalhuleu, where we will have to spend thenight, continuing the journey in the morning. Therailway from Retalhuleu to Guatemala is ownedby a different company, which naturally runs itstrains so as not to connect with those fromChamperico. Captain Talbot thinks it is a very mean trick. NATIV1 Ql \ki i R, Al UPl W O.
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