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.