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Of the foreign colony in Camaguay some fifty were Americans, and from the rest of the world they were as hopelessly separated as the crew of a light-ship. From the Pacific they were cut off by the Cordilleras, from the Caribbean by a nine-day mule-ride. To the north and south, jungle, forests, swamp-lands, and mountains hemmed them in.
"Four of your predecessors," remarked the Secretary, "made exactly the same promise, but none of them got us the treaty." "Probably none of them remained in Amapala, either," retorted Everett. "Two did," corrected the Secretary; "as you ride into Camaguay you see their tombstones." Everett found the nine-day mule-ride from the coast to the capital arduous, but full of interest.
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