VOYAGE FROM CALIFORNIA VIA NICARAGUA.
Departure from San Francisco--Matters and Things aboard the
Steamer--The Passengers--A Hoax--Arrival at San Juan del Sur--Novel
Mode of Debarkation--Ludicrous Scenes--Trip across the Country--The
Weather--Virgin Bay--Lake Nicaragua--The San Juan River--Bad Management
and shabby Treatment on the Isthmus--Negro Slavery and Central
America--San Juan del Norte, alias Greytown 209