Chapter XV: Visits to the capital City, Managua—Legislative

Assembly; How to procure a Quorum—Executive Message—Ratification
of Treaty with the United States—Antiquities—Lake of
Nihapa—Huertas—Dividing Ridge—Traces of Volcanic Action—Hacienda
de Ganado—An Extensive Prospect—Extinct Crater—Ancient Paintings
on the Cliffs—Symbolical Feathered Serpent—A Natural
Temple—Superstitions of the Indians—Salt Lake—Laguna de Las
Lavadoras—A Courier—Three Months Later from Home—The Shore of Lake
Managua—Aboriginal Fisheries—Ancient Carving—Population of
Managua—Resources of surrounding Country—Coffee—Inhabitants—Visit
Tipitapa—Sunrise on the Lake—Hot Springs—Outlet of Lake—Mud and
Alligators—Dry Channel—Village of Tipitapa—Surly Host—Salto de
Tipitapa—Hot Springs again—Stone Bridge—Face of the
Country—Nicaragua or Brazil Wood—Estate of Pasquel—Practical
Communism—Matapalo or Kill-tree—Landing and Estero of Pasquel or
Panaloya—Return—Depth of Lake Managua—Communication between the
two Lakes—Popular Errors, 383