[Illustration: FORDING THE CHAMELICON RIVER] THREE GRINGOS IN VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896 BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. _Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental._ ABOUT PARIS. $1 25. THE PRINCESS ALINE. $1 25. OUR ENGLISH COUSINS. $1 25. THE RULERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. $1 25. THE WEST FROM A CAR-WINDOW. $1 25. THE EXILES, AND OTHER STORIES. $1 50. VAN BIBBER, AND OTHERS. $1 00. (Paper, 60 cents.) PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ TO MY FRIENDS H. SOMERS SOMERSET AND LLOYD GRISCOM CONTENTS PAGE ON THE CARIBBEAN SEA 1 THE EXILED LOTTERY 27 IN HONDURAS 56 AT CORINTO 160 ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA 193 THE PARIS OF SOUTH AMERICA 221 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE FORDING THE CHAMELICON RIVER _Frontispiece_ MAP OF VENEZUELA AND CENTRAL AMERICA, SHOWING THE ROUTE OF THE “THREE GRINGOS” xiii GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BELIZE 7 SIR ALFRED MOLONEY 10 NATIVE CONSTABULARY, BELIZE 13 MAIN STREET, BELIZE 17 NATIVE WOMEN OF LIVINGSTON 20 GUATEMALLECAN ARMY AT LIVINGSTON 23 BARRACKS AT PORT BARRIOS 25 THE EXILED LOTTERY BUILDING 35 THE IGUANAS OF HONDURAS 51 OUR NAVAL ATTACHÉ 57 OUR MILITARY ATTACHÉ 60 A STRETCH OF CENTRAL-AMERICAN RAILWAY 62 THE THREE GRINGOS 64 SETTING OUT FROM SAN PEDRO SULA 67 THE HIGHLANDS OF HONDURAS 71 SOMERSET 74 A DRAWER OF WATER 77 NATIVE METHOD OF DRYING COFFEE 85 IN A CENTRAL-AMERICAN FOREST 89 ON THE TRAIL TO SANTA BARBARA 97 A HALT AT TRINIDAD 101 GENERAL LOUIS BOGRAN 105 OUR PACK-TRAIN AT SANTA BARBARA 107 A VILLAGE IN THE INTERIOR 114 BRIDGE CONNECTING TEGUCIGALPA WITH ITS SUBURB 123 BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF TEGUCIGALPA 127 THE BANK OF HONDURAS 129 STATUE OF MORAZAN 132