Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 207
107 FROM QUEZALTENANGO TO THE PACIFIC last to a plain. Here the good resolves never to travel in this country after dark, made when we lost the road at Encuentros, were renewed and strengthened ; for every now and then we saw in the dim gray path what looked like ink-puddles, but, to our horror, as… … Washout in the Road. lying in wait to entrap the unwary traveller. Evidently few here travel after dark. In places were hedges of agave, and we saw here and there a house ; while the barking of dogs became more frequent, and we at last, about half-past nine, rode into Patzun. We had no little…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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