CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.--Massaya--The Carnival--Female

Labors--Gourds--Maidens consigned to a Volcano--A Donkey “_non est_”--Ox _versus_ Donkey--Same Medicine prescribed--Lake Nicaragua--Grenada--A “Priest” in a Convent--“Our” Horse--A Group of Islands--Cross the Lake--Mr. Derbyshire’s Plantation--Breakfast--Bullocks stepping on Board--Sail for San Carlos--Magnificent Scene--A Hymn of Thanks--A Mountain City--Gold Mines--Arrival at San Carlos--Custom House Regulations repudiated, 157