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Laguna de Santa Rosa, a small fresh-water lagoon in 

 the north-western part of the Ometf^pe Island. 



Las Isletas or Corrales, a group of islets in the Lake 

 of Nicaragua just south of Granada and close to the vol- 

 cano Morabacho. Most of these islets, the largest of them 

 being named Isla de Vela, have a very ricli vegetation. 



Masaya, an old Indian town a little north-west of Gra- 

 nada and about 15 km from the lake. 



Mana res, a river on the western side of the Lake of 

 Nicaragua, falling into Charco Muerte, a cove between Za- 

 patera I. and the mainJand. The mouth of Rio Manares 

 widens to a lagoon, the shores of which are grassy and 

 covered with bush. Here was a very rich bird-life. 



Men CO, a peninsula bounding Charco Muerte on the 

 south. The outermost point of Menco is named El Boquete. 

 The latter is forest-clad and rises above the rest the penin- 

 sula which is occupied by bogs, bordered by a rich but low 

 vegetation. Rio Menco is a small river, that falls into Charco 

 Muerte at the basis of the peninsula. 



Muyogalpa, a village in the Ometepe Island, north- 

 west of the volcano. 



Ochomogo River, falls into Charco Muerte. 



Ometepe Island is the greatest island in the Lake of 

 Nicaragua. It is composed of two halves, each of them 

 occupied by a volcano and bordered by a narrow strip of 

 shore. They are connected by a low tongue of land. The 

 volcano in the northern half is named Ometepe (or Ome- 

 tepec, the name being of aztekial origin, ome = two and 

 tepec = point). It is nearly 1,700 m high. Whole the 

 volcano, except a part of the western grassy side, is densely 

 forested. The shore is cultivated on the northern and western 

 sides, the eastern part of the island is covered wiht primeval 

 forest. The southern half of the Ometepe Island is occupied 

 by the volcano Madera. The shore is stecp. That half is 

 cultivated but for a very inconsiderable part. 



Pacora River falls into the Bay of Panama. 



Pacuare, one of the greatest rivers in eastern Costa 

 Rica. It has its source at Cerro Chirripo and falls into the 

 Caribbean Sea about 40 km north of Puerto Limon. 



Pacuarito, a tributary to the former; in the vicinity 

 of Siquirres. 



