E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . now beforeComayagua is reached, so the travelhouse where he slings a hammock and h i p a well asbe may. Prom Miambai to Cuevas (sometimes calledTrinidad | is four leagues, and many make this theiistopping place for the day, bui one can go on to SaLarga, making the days j The third days jouri i miayagua, a distani 10 leagues from Cuevas or six leagues from Sabana the 10 leagues aboui two are flal and the remainderhilly. In the wet Beason the River Omuya (sometimescalled the Comayagua as i1 goes near the town of thainame) will have to be crossed i
E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . now beforeComayagua is reached, so the travelhouse where he slings a hammock and h i p a well asbe may. Prom Miambai to Cuevas (sometimes calledTrinidad | is four leagues, and many make this theiistopping place for the day, bui one can go on to SaLarga, making the days j The third days jouri i miayagua, a distani 10 leagues from Cuevas or six leagues from Sabana the 10 leagues aboui two are flal and the remainderhilly. In the wet Beason the River Omuya (sometimescalled the Comayagua as i1 goes near the town of thainame) will have to be crossed in a canoe. The boatmanlives in a house commanding a view of the trail and appears on the scene when the traveler reaches the bank oi the river. Pack, saddles, etc., are taken in the ei \, and the animals swim across. The charge when the rivilow is two reales for each person, pack or animal, andwhen the river is high, double that amount. At Comayagua the traveler finds the first townleaving San Pedro Sula, and if he seeks diligently, he. OUTLINE MAP OF HONDURAS, SllDWIXi; ROUTES PROM .AST PORTSTO CAPITAL, will find lots of stores of various kinds. There athotels, the lesser evil of the two being the New York. Pouror five pesos per day is charged, hut T have heard of anAmerican who could not speak Spanish being held upfor 10 pesos and only being saved through the interven-tion of his mozo. For putting on two horseshoes, the shoesnot included, the local blacksmith wanted three pesos. Ifone has any work of that kind, it is better to lei theget it done; for the sigh! ol a grin o is enough to dissi-pate any little sense of commercial decency that the native may possess. Speaking of horses! s, it would seem to be a good thing to take a few horsesh along, for blacksmiths arc scarce and an animal withouta shoe soon goes lame traveling over the -tony trails whichare the usual thing in Honduras. The end of th irth day should find one in Pro-teccion, distant 12 leagues from Comayagua, the
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