CHAPTER VII.
Excursion to summit of Viejo Volcano — San Antonio — Mr. Bridge, its proprietor — Chinandega — Swarm of musquitoes — Moyotepita — Pine range — Viejo summit — Palm toddy — Return to San Antonio — Move on to Chichigalpa — Posoltega —City of Leon — Its Cathedral and College — Reach Piedra Gorda on the lake of Managua — Attempt to visit Momotombita relinquished —Stormy breezes — Reach Nagarote — Hospitality — Move on to Matiares — Productions— Cholera, &c. — Reported remains of causeway to Momotombita— Reach Managua — Brasil wood noticed — Sleep at Managua— Move on to Tepitapa — The falls — Sulphur springs — Return to Managua — Matiares— Nagarote — Leon and San Antonio — Rejoin Sulphur, and quit Realejo to examine Gulf of Papagayo — Bay of Salinas — Murciellagos islands examined — Return to Realejo — Arrival of Starling with letters — Quit Realejo — Search for and find Culebra — Survey it — Reach island of Cocos— Tedious passage — Pass through Gallapagos, and reach Callao.
