often no more Ih an 12 to 20 inches above high tide, from \\hich 

 height they gradually slope upward until the print IH .1. 



The soil is exceedingly rich roiiHMin:: of silt brought <: 

 the mountains and distributed by the river*. I' Main 



that the grant contains land which will yield more sure, aliund.-int 

 and profitable crops than can be grown >w gnnm 



h alluvial tracts on \\hich valuable 



woods and medicinal plant* alund. Here plantations of fi 

 yield for years in succession, with no other ait< ntinn il 

 red for gathering so much of their products as msi 

 needed forborne use ! of the forests which n< 



A ill support a large population ii. 

 luxury. 



these valleys are high and irently undulating pr:. 

 or savannas covered by grasses afford in i. r pa-turage on which 

 stock keep in good condition at all times of the year. 1 



1 of tin- dry -( a<on, when the forage might 

 have little nutriment, dams suckling their joung continu- 

 Closely and < '"ill inu"ii<]y gra/.ed these plant*- ui\e \\ay to^ramina 

 and other grasse* of superior (piality . The M>il ot tin 

 is vegetable mold, sand and (lay mixed \\ith giavel. .,; 

 on a gra% r elly subsoil. Pine groves appear at thort di-:. 

 from ea.-h other on U nnas. 



On the west and in the vn U tl:< rn part of theirrant a: 

 tinibori'd hills. < >n thoe ihe soil is generally loam and ve^. 

 mold. The great size of the mahogany, sapadillo und 

 liquid amber, locust and other trees of great va! mple 



M-e of the richness of 



A few yean ago an - -xploration of Mo-quiiia \\as made at the 

 instance of 

 lation of that pnrt of the omViai report n l.v on of 



The character, or physical appearance, of this pu i 

 mUwraioootooous,M It varies butltttle, being im-x.-iy .-\teii-i\e plain-.. 



