CHAPTER VIII.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA About January 1, 1895, Richard accompanied by his friends Somers Somerset and Lloyd C.Griscom, afterward our minister to Tokio and ambassador to Brazil and Italy, started out on a leisurely trip of South and Central America.

With no very definite itinerary, they sailed from New Orleans, bent on having a good time, and as many adventures as possible, which Richard was to describe in a series of articles.

These appeared later on in a volume entitled "Three Gringos in Venezuela." January, 1895.
DEAR FAM: On board Breakwater at anchor.

You will be pleased to hear that I am writing this in a fine state of perspiration in spite of the fact that I have light weight flannels, no underclothes and all the windows open.
It is going to storm and then it will be cooler.

We have had a bully time so far although the tough time is still to come, that will be going from Puerto Cortez to Tegucigalpa.