vided for the use of the laborers. Generally 

 four or five women do all the baking, and sell 

 bread to those wishing to buy. 



The location of the plantation is an ideal 

 one, level for the most part, but sufficiently 

 rolling for good drainage, well watered, en- 

 tirely free from stones and gravel, and has the 

 reputation all through that country of being a 

 veiy choice strip of rubber land. 



The elevation at no point exceeds 400 feet, 

 and at some places is as low as 100 feet. 



La Zacualpa Rubber Plantation is a most in- 

 teresting place, and improvements are constantly 

 being made. 



A sawmill is in constant use, preparing tim- 

 ber for the construction of permanent houses 

 for the native laborers and other buildings for 

 the Company's use. 



Excellent tiles have been made from clay 

 found on the plantation, and are used in roof- 

 ing buildings. 



The picturesque dress of the native women 

 engaged in their household duties, the white 

 uniform of the workmen as they come and go 

 on various errands, and the numerous children 

 engaged in their sports, form an ever- vary ing 

 picture of contentment and well directed labor. 



The domestic animals comprise a fine herd 

 of over 1,000 cattle, some sixty horses and 



