CHAPTER X.
Realejo — Termination of the rainy season — Quit Realejo and repair to Chicarene — Gulf of Fonseca — Trip to San Miguel — Agua Frio — Reach San Miguel— Start to visit the Volcano — Demur at Chinameca — Return in disgust to San Miguel — Quit, and visit Moncagua — Breakfast — Arrive at San Miguel — The fair — Method of transacting business — Honourable conduct of natives —Run to Realejo — Meet II. M. S. Imogene — Return to Conchagua — Port of San Carlos — Ascend Amapala — Conchagua, &c. — Pitch observatory under Conseguina — Start with Starling and boats to examine Estero Real — Result — Swavnis of Mosquitoes — Canal question — Volcano of Conseguina — Desolation caused by its eruption — Return to Realejo — A boat upset in a squall — Mr. Speck and a seaman drowned — Sail for the Gulf of Nicoya.
