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with every prospect of success. Further inland, cacao planta- 

 tions might cover hundreds of acres of fine, undulating country ; 

 while the finest coffee should flourish on the slopes and higher 

 lands of the Cockscomb country, and along the western 

 frontier. 



For the general facts connected with British Honduras, I am 

 indebted to official papers and reports published in the colony, 

 as well as information kindly supplied to me by Mr. Fowler, the 

 Colonial Secretary, Captain Marriner, Mr. A. Williamson, and 

 others. To Captain Marriner, who accompanied me in my visit 

 to the Southern Settlements, I was greatly indebted, and it is a 

 source of great regret to me to find that, since I left the colony, 

 this able officer has lost his life on the river Hondu. 



To His Excellency, Colonel Sir Eobert W. Harley, C.B., 

 K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras, I have to 

 express thanks for much personal kindness and for generous 

 hospitality. 



For the drawing of the fruit of Castilloa elastica, and the 

 design on the cover of this little work, I am indebted to my 

 friend, Mrs. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer. 



London, October 15th, 1883. 



