CHAPTER III. 



Trip to western districts. Haul-over. Cramer's Bank. Bridge over Sibun 

 Swamp. John Young's Pine-ridge. Camping out. Butcher Burn's 

 Bank. Limestone Hills. Rich soils. Bush travelling. Gale Creek. 

 Bever Dam. Mahogany forest. Mahogany works. Castile Bank. 

 Prickly bambu. Mount Pleasant. Bad roads. Orange Walk. 

 Government lands for sale. How mahogany is cut. Trucking 

 mahogany. Logwood cutting. Eoaring Creek. Savannah Bank. 

 Warree Head Creek. Monkey Fall Savannah. Granny Creek. 

 Mount Hope. TheCayo. Coffee plantation. Position and importance 

 of the Cayo. Communication with Belize. Indian settlement at San 

 Francisco. To Belize by river in doray. 



FOR the tour through the Central and Western Districts, as 

 Captain Marriner's official duties . prevented his being able to 

 leave Belize, arrangements were made for me to accompany the 

 Hon. A. Williamson, who had business at Orange Walk, on the 

 Old Eiver. After accomplishing this, he intended to strike 

 across the country through San Pedro, San Jose, Irish Creek, 

 Indian Church, Orange Walk on the New Eiver, and so reach 

 Caledonian Bank and Corosal in the north, where he had 

 arranged to meet a schooner to bring him back to Belize. 



As this route offered a good opportunity for seeing the rich 

 valley district of the Old Eiver, as well as the back lands to the 

 west and north, in the neighbourhood of the New Eiver, it was 

 decided that I should accept Mr. Williamson's kind offer to 

 accompany him, and especially as he had the reputation of being 

 an experienced and hardy bush traveller, well acquainted with 

 the country and its people. 



