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NARRATIVE
OF AN
OFFICIAL VISIT
TO
GUATEMALA
FROM MEXICO.
CHAPTER I.
Leave the capital for the coast of Acapulco.—Arrive at the hacienda of Cermina.—Disasters on the journey.
21st April, 1825. The Mexican treaty having been negotiated by the plenipotentiaries, Mr. Morier and Mr. Ward, I set off for the new republic of Guatemala, for the purpose of reporting on the state of affairs in that country. The Mexican government, which had hitherto shewn so much jealousy towards Guatemala, had now come to an amicable understanding with her, which had been brought about chiefly
