SO HONDURAS. 



mtations of ulc, or India -rubber trees, pay richly. Tin 

 temati* cultivation of rubber tree- ha- ! <i the 



field is new and a most pnmii-in:: one. 



The greater part of the income of tlu- Indians who live in 

 Mosquitia comes through the gathering of rubb. -r, -arsaparilla, 

 liquid amber, copal and other products of forest and plain; but 

 the Indians are so very few, and the quantity of - 

 plants used in the arts or in mcdicii e i- -o^reat.tlmt 

 be made to give emyloyment and good rny to all who will jitlu-r 

 them. Some at least may be cultivated profitably, li- 

 the very incomplete list of natural productions of tlr 

 given on page ",;, will give some idea of the vari< t\ of such 

 plants found in Mosquitia. 



Rice grows well in Hoi. dura.-. tl. rcund Hie 



sounds or lagoons being especially adapted to its successful culti- 

 vation. Honduras rice sells for better prices than bre paid for 

 rice grown in the Southern States. It is sought for -eed . 



Cotton grows into trees 20 feet hi-rh. which yield -rood .- 

 year after year. 



Besides those mentioned, there are other sourctsof income 

 which will give to settlers on this grant from 200 to }i 

 per annum on the capital required for the development and 

 management of such cnterpri-. -f them arc -m-h a- can In- 



carried on profitably intemperate zones, but tin -renter in. 

 and movt profitable arc of a kind which can never In- i; 

 tion with the product- of regions where fmsi- . ur. Tl,- 

 tier need not rai-e ili"-,. cmp^ \\ hich can be L r io\\ n in the I'niied 

 States, for he can alTonl to import flour, cru and calico.- 

 duced in the north bv the aid of macliim-r\ and underpaid toil, 

 and dev.te hi- attentioi t)liogl \\liich brini.' 



prices, CQtt a minimum of toil and th< iiL-lit : ot be 



grown in very large accessible area*. 



In the western end of the _-;rair il- "f L''!d, which 



.n..wntobe rich. Kast of the Black rivei mountain 

 'rry grant, which Consul Bun-hard OO< 



