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a few rods to a few miles wide, covered by grasses. I 



of the coast lands can be made t<> yield fruits comm< n ;.. n pi< al 



or to temperate zones, such as oranges, lemons, limes, mar . 



cashew, soursops, papayas, aguac 'M !'''" i 



guavas. plums .inumds. t: 1 



vanilla and others, while ginger, cassava, j! 



root, sugarcane and cotton are urown m<>st successfully. 



the use for which this sandy land is best and for which 



it can not growing of c 



First in the chain of lagoons is Cape river lake which 1 

 tout-he- the western line of the grant. This lagoon is five i 

 from east to west, and three miles wide. At its western end it 

 receives part of the waters of the Sangrelia river, which 

 within 100 yards of the River Sico, and after flowing north 

 through a fertile valley, discharges part of its wate- 

 sea at a point about a mile from Iriona, a port of entry < n the 

 roadstead situated west of Cape Cameron. < m the -\ t 

 roadstead, which is 40 miles wide, villages are dotted at int< 

 of from one to two and one-half miles. The Sanirn 

 for ten or fifteen miles and ( ape river for nearly as \i\ 

 tance. 



Less than two miles east of Cape River lagoon, and . 

 with it by a narrow channel, is the end of La Criha la. 

 which | eastward to the channel of Black river. 11 i 



In relation to this stream and the region through whi< h it 

 Squier says: 



|{j<> Tin'' h.n -h..rt .in the sea 



takes t h<- iiHMH''' 



and to said to have a course <l HU.ut PJII mile-, in .-..mini >n with n 

 r*orith M A tad, variable bar at Iti muti 



iter range*, at ditTi-rent seasons, at inimtm- t" nun- r< 

 veoeela may anocii'M I'M; (in \\ ;( s .n tin- i i\ri -that 



: -..mi- M-ttli-riii-til* ilnriiiu Hi" hi-' 



which wer* iiuitv \\nii tin 



<tedbetwe<'n Kn^lim-l :in<l S|IMI Snl.-. -.iiii-nt iiti. 



were made t. \<>\\\\>\ \ luneotetfai 



< .i/."ju. 



