XI. BRITISH HONDURAS 235 XII. REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS 245 APPENDICES 281 INDEX 303 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PRESIDENT CABRERA _Frontispiece_ MAP OF GUATEMALA iv LAKE AMATITLAN; WITH THE VOLCANOES OF 6 AGUA AND FUEGO LANDING AT CHAMPERICO 19 THE VOLCANO AGUA 29 OX-CART AND NATIVE DRIVER 30 JOURNEYING ACROSS COUNTRY BY MULE 34 SCENE AT EL RANCHO 40 A VILLAGE NEAR THE COAST 45 PLANTATION HOUSE ON LAKE IZABAL 47 LAKE IZABAL 48 A STREET OF ANTIGUA WITH THE VOLCANO OF 56 AGUA IN THE BACKGROUND THE OLD CHURCH OF EL CARMEN, GUATEMALA 58 CITY THE CATHEDRAL, GUATEMALA CITY 60 A TYPICAL STREET IN GUATEMALA CITY 62 THE PRESIDENT’S GUARD OF HONOUR 64 TEATRO COLON, GUATEMALA CITY 67 A BULL-FIGHT IN GUATEMALA CITY 68 GUATEMALAN MARKET WOMEN 74 STATUE OF BULL, GUATEMALA CITY 77 GRAN HOTEL, GUATEMALA CITY 78 STREET CAR IN GUATEMALA CITY 80 AN INDIAN WITH HIS _MACHETE_ 84 A TROPICAL JUNGLE 86 A NATIVE HUT 93 A SUGAR PLANTATION 97 DRYING COFFEE 105 A MILL FOR HULLING COFFEE 106 INDIAN GIRL WITH WATER JAR 116 A CARGADOR ON THE ROAD 123 PLAYING THE MARIMBA 125 A GROUP OF CARIBS 128 A SCENE ALONG THE OCCIDENTAL RAILWAY 136 A WATERFALL NEAR ESCUINTLA 138 SAN JOSE, THE PORT OF GUATEMALA CITY 140 THE WEEKLY TRAIN ON THE GUATEMALA 142 NORTHERN A BELLE OF PUERTO BARRIOS 146 ONE OF THE COLUMNS AT QUIRIGUA 156 INDIAN GIRL 166 A PEON 179