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and affording an outlet for the despatch of produce, conveniently 

 and expeditiously. 



Near the termination of the Government road is Ponta 

 Gorda, a Carib settlement of about 400 inhabitants. This 

 settlement has a resident district magistrate, and is remarkable 

 for its neat and clean appearance. This, no doubt, is some- 

 what due to the magistrate, Mr. Orgill, who evidently takes 

 care to keep it in a proper sanitary condition. 



This is the most southerly settlement in British Honduras, 

 and about 20 miles from the Sarstoon Eiver the boundary 

 between it and the Eepublic of Guatemala. 



Having visited all the settlements in detail, from Belize to 

 Ponta Gorda, we proceeded to retrace our steps to the north- 

 ward, and having caught the S.S. " City of Dallas " off Mullin's 

 Eiver, reached Belize at noon on the 22nd November. 



To the outline of the southern trip given above, I would 

 here add that, thanks to Captain Marriner's local knowledge 

 and careful management, we traversed, with great convenience 

 and success, some 350 miles of the colony, and saw most of 

 its salient features within reach of the settlements. 



