The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . iends and the ball goes on more brisklythan ever. At last a steamer bound for the Usumacinta is in sight. Weget on board with alacrity, and are soon at Jonuta ; but herethe captain, on seeing the low ebb of the river, declares that hisship cannot go any further. After much parley he is persuadedto go on, but we are starded by a tremendous bump in the middleof the night, and find that we are stranded. We wait for the day,when, with a great deal of difficulty, we succeed in getting
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . iends and the ball goes on more brisklythan ever. At last a steamer bound for the Usumacinta is in sight. Weget on board with alacrity, and are soon at Jonuta ; but herethe captain, on seeing the low ebb of the river, declares that hisship cannot go any further. After much parley he is persuadedto go on, but we are starded by a tremendous bump in the middleof the night, and find that we are stranded. We wait for the day,when, with a great deal of difficulty, we succeed in getting heroff, and push on to Monte-Cristo, where the captain nolens volenslands us, protesting that his ship cannot go another yard. Butour troubles do not end here. We are requested to show ourpasses, and as Monte-Cristo is not mentioned, we are in danger Camieciie and Tenosiquk. 421 of having the whole of our property confiscated. FortunatelyI had a letter from the Home Minister, recommending me to allthe authorities of the Republic. I took it to the Mayor, who gaveme full leave to continue my journey TERRA-COTTA IDOLS OF TABASCO. And now we turn our thoughts how to get to Tenosique ;we find that it takes four or five days by water, and sometwenty-four hours by land. W^e procure a canoa, in whichwe deposit our baggage, under the management of our faithfulJulian, who will follow as quickly as possible, while Lucian 422 The Ancient Cities of the New World. and I, with a guide, take the road through the woods. Weare soon left behind, and do not see our guide again untilsix hours later, when we find him reposing by the side ofa running stream. Where is our lunch ? I roared out. What lunch? Why, the parcel we put up before we started. Oh ! I didnt know what it was, and I left it behind. Expostulations were more than vain, and we had to satisfythe cravinofs of hunger with a draught of rum and water! We press on as best we may, and some hours later wereach a rancho where fre
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