﻿SALVADOR 
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  conquered 
  people, 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  people 
  themselves 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  been 
  

   modified 
  by 
  the 
  inheritance 
  of 
  Spanish 
  blood. 
  

  

  The 
  people 
  of 
  Salvador 
  are 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  independence, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  among 
  them 
  nothing 
  of 
  the 
  servility 
  that 
  characterizes 
  the 
  Guate- 
  

   malan 
  Indians. 
  Although 
  not 
  quarrelsome, 
  they 
  are 
  able 
  and 
  ready 
  

   to 
  maintain 
  their 
  rights, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  submit 
  easily 
  to 
  dictation. 
  Al- 
  

   though 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  large 
  estates 
  in 
  Salvador, 
  the 
  country 
  boasts 
  

   of 
  its 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  landowners, 
  and 
  there 
  exists 
  here 
  noth- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  peonage 
  system 
  that 
  holds 
  in 
  practical 
  slavery 
  the 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  of 
  some 
  Latin 
  American 
  countries. 
  

  

  In 
  area 
  Salvador 
  is 
  slightly 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Vermont. 
  

   Its 
  population 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  million 
  and 
  a 
  half, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  

   most 
  densely 
  populated 
  country 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  hemisphere. 
  The 
  

   central 
  and 
  western 
  departments 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  thoroughly 
  occupied, 
  

   and 
  in 
  these 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  one 
  is 
  scarcely 
  ever 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  of 
  

   a 
  dwelling. 
  In 
  the 
  eastern 
  portion, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Oriente, 
  there 
  are 
  

   large 
  tracts 
  of 
  unimproved 
  land, 
  much 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  given 
  over 
  to 
  

   cattle 
  raising. 
  

  

  VOLCANOES. 
  

  

  Since 
  Salvador 
  lies 
  upon 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  cordillera 
  

   that 
  traverses 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  America, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  elevated 
  

   peaks 
  of 
  that 
  chain 
  lie 
  within 
  the 
  country. 
  Although 
  almost 
  every- 
  

   where 
  mountainous, 
  Salvador 
  has 
  no 
  very 
  lofty 
  peaks, 
  the 
  highest 
  

   reaching 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  For 
  what 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  lack 
  in 
  size 
  they 
  compensate 
  in 
  their 
  interest. 
  Geologi- 
  

   cally 
  Salvador 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  volcanic 
  mass, 
  with 
  volcanoes 
  rising 
  on 
  

   every 
  side. 
  Nowhere 
  is 
  one 
  ever 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  of 
  a 
  volcano, 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  always 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  in 
  the 
  landscape. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  

   no 
  other 
  country 
  possesses 
  so 
  many 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  active 
  within 
  

   historic 
  times. 
  

  

  These 
  volcanoes 
  lie 
  in 
  an 
  irregular 
  chain 
  that 
  extends 
  lengthwise 
  

   of 
  the 
  country, 
  parallel 
  with 
  the 
  coast. 
  Along 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  near 
  

   the 
  Guatemalan 
  border 
  lies 
  the 
  most 
  sharply 
  marked 
  mountain 
  range 
  

   of 
  Salvador, 
  the 
  Sierra 
  de 
  Apaneca. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  small 
  range 
  

   stands 
  the 
  Volcano 
  of 
  Santa 
  Ana, 
  still 
  feebly 
  active, 
  the 
  highest 
  

   Salvadorean 
  mountain, 
  at 
  whose 
  foot 
  sprang 
  up 
  the 
  Volcano 
  of 
  

   Izalco. 
  To 
  the 
  eastward 
  at 
  irregular 
  intervals, 
  usually 
  separated 
  

   by 
  level 
  country, 
  rise 
  one 
  after 
  another 
  the 
  volcanoes 
  of 
  San 
  Sal- 
  

   vador, 
  Cojutepeque, 
  San 
  Vicente, 
  Usulutan, 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  and 
  Con- 
  

   chagua, 
  besides 
  numerous 
  lesser 
  ones, 
  while 
  isolated 
  clusters 
  of 
  

   small 
  volcanic 
  peaks 
  occur 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  outside 
  the 
  principal 
  

   chain. 
  

  

  The 
  Oriente 
  is 
  a 
  low 
  country, 
  with 
  wide 
  stretches 
  of 
  plains, 
  but 
  

   the 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Republic 
  are 
  elevated 
  and 
  hilly 
  

  

  