HONDURAS. 7 



ports need be no more than freights on lumber from Michigan or 

 Wisconsin to those markets. 



Cattle and horses can be raised at an annual cost of thirty 

 cents per head, including interest on purchase price. No disease 

 prevails among them. Beeves grown on this grant can be sold 

 when two years old or older, in Europe, for $ 10 to $15 more per 

 head than animals of like weight and Duality from the United 

 States will bring in those markets at the same time, because cat- 

 tle from the States must be slaughtered on the docks where 

 unloaded, while those from countries free from pleuro-pneumonia 

 may be taken into the pastures or the stalls for grazing and fat- 

 tening. There is a strong demand in Europe for such stock . 



In healthfulness the north coast of Honduras compares well 

 with the most favored States of the Union. The pure sea air 

 blowing almost constantly from the ocean acts as a bracing tonic, 

 while freedom from swamps prevents the general prevalence of 

 malarial disorders. 



