. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . going some miles into thecountry in this direction. Out here there are somevery nice country residences, standing in large gardens. ***** After two interesting days in this quaint littlemetropolis, we have to return to the coast, rejoiningthe ship at San Jose, a seven hours railway journey,including a stop of two hours at Escuintla. On reaching San Jose at , we find the loadingof coffee on the San Juan by means of lighters stillin full swing, and are told that they will not beable to take passengers on until five oclock, sowe have to
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . going some miles into thecountry in this direction. Out here there are somevery nice country residences, standing in large gardens. ***** After two interesting days in this quaint littlemetropolis, we have to return to the coast, rejoiningthe ship at San Jose, a seven hours railway journey,including a stop of two hours at Escuintla. On reaching San Jose at , we find the loadingof coffee on the San Juan by means of lighters stillin full swing, and are told that they will not beable to take passengers on until five oclock, sowe have to put in the time as best we can. Thatis not very exciting, as the town consists ofa number of small wooden shacks alongside therailway, and a few of the huts with tall thatchedroofs, peculiar to this part of the world. Onlya couple of wooden buildings along the sea-fronthave any pretensions to a civilized appearance. Our party is increased by a number of otherpassengers, who came down by the train ; they aremostly Germans, travelling for various STR1 I i m IRK1 I. ITEMAI I.
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