A Nicaraguan criminal.—Geology between Ocotal and Totagalpa.
—Preparations at Totagalpa for their annual festival.
—Chicha-drinking.—Piety of the Indians.—Ancient civilisation of
tropical America.—Palacaguina.—Hospitality of the Mestizos.
—Curious custom at the festival at Condego.—Cross range between
Segovia and Matagalpa.—Sontuli.—Birds' nests.
CHAPTER 16.
Concordia.—Jinotega.—Indian habits retained by the people.
—Indian names of towns.—Security of travellers in Nicaragua.
—Native flour-mill.—Uncomfortable lodgings.—Tierrabona.—Dust
whirlwind.—Initial form of a cyclone.—The origin of cyclones.
CHAPTER 17.
Cattle-raising.—Don Filiberto Trano's new house.—Horse-flies and wasps.—Teustepe.—Spider imitating ants.—Mimetic species. —Animals with special means of defence are conspicuously marked, or in other ways attract attention.—Accident to horse.—The "Mygale."—Illness.—Conclusion of journey.
CHAPTER 18.
Division of Nicaragua into three zones.—Journey from Juigalpa to lake of Nicaragua.—Voyage on lake.—Fresh-water shells and insects.—Similarity of fresh-water productions all over the world. —Distribution of European land and fresh-water shells.—Discussion of the reasons why fresh-water productions have varied less than those of the land and of the sea.
CHAPTER 19.
Iguanas and lizards.—Granada.—Politics.—Revolutions.—Cacao cultivation.—Masaya.—The lake of Masaya.—The volcano of Masaya. —Origin of the lake basin.