40 11. \DURA8. 



The Poyas Indiana have a number of settlements among the i 



thesame name, mi the UPIMT tributaries!)! 



the land about th.- r,,\.-r hills as exceedingly I. -ml.-, ami tin- muntry 



healthx. 



( )f Black river lagoon, which is entirely within tin- boundaries 

 of this grant, he says: 



.kroon, culled Criba by the Spaniards,* Rob- 



erts, wh. \ isitel it. i* about fifteen miles long by s 

 several small i>lamls. whieh were eulti\ ate.l MuriiiK th- 

 tion of Hhu-k Kiver. At this peri -I t: 



-lften-e. whirh wen- enlarge- 1 by the Spaniards after the Kmrlish evacua- 

 tion, the ruins <>f whirh an- still r>ii>|iriiniis. < Mi th<- h- i 

 lagoon are 8om- -a\anna> ami |'im--ritl>fi^. tr.m which tin- 



former settlers obtaiwi --riM-lcrahh- <numtitii-* >t pitrh, tar. an-1 tur- 

 pentim . 



East of Black river and connected wiih jt and La C'ril-a 

 lagoon by a straight, wide and deep channel, lies Ebon lagoon, 

 ten miles long and six wide. On the south shore of Ebon lagoon 

 is a savanna which stretchesaway for mili-s. brokrn by r.(u-:i 

 ocotals from which long-leafed pines of superior <|ualr 

 can be obtained. From the northeastern corm-r of Kbon lagoon 

 extend a low place which is covered by water during the rainy 

 seasons. Between this low place and Plantain river is a "haul- 

 over" or portage, about a mile long. Over this the j. -i.pu- have 

 for generations hauled their boats. When the streams an- hi^h 

 dories can pass from river to lagoon with little difficulty. Of 

 Plantain river some forty "r forty live miles are na\ 

 liL'ht draft steamers, and fifteen or twenty mil< more are 

 gated by pipantes. A lar-*- part of this di-tam-c is through the 

 field of wild bananas and plantains mentioned on page 



Between Plantain river and Brus lugoon is a ! 

 whirl. IW paddled (luring the season of hi^h unter. 



place is little more than a mile in width. It I : that this. 



like the depression between Plantain river and Kbon lagoon, and 



that li.-twrrn the Pat ura and TilbahicCE lake, WBS ODCe a Cbuniie] 

 through which that stream discharged part of its current. 



Brus lagoon is fifteen miles long and five to eight wi<i. It . - 



