44 HONDl 



r said nf Oaratasca, sonu- forty years a.ir>. wh.it is essentially 

 true today, t! 



ai-tapM lay 



in breadth, and having,. in a th.-app.-ai-am-r 



ruiiniiiriiitora-h other, in various ilin-.-tion,. |.,r the 

 1" lt " 8 mil*- in l.rea.lfh." 



'tie a -in:' :! Til.aeimta." Tl 



oof 



lago. ated at about U lie* in length. 



(art shallow, \.ir\niir in depth, from 



nun, wh.. visit, -.1 it in isu. 



- MilMivillav- 

 ;"'ii ; . .-iliTal.l-.-M.-rit. ti.niiinu :m t-ntir.- |.-\.-l ,,f mil 



v-riur-anii fin-.i pan lt , .] on one aide bj tbe waters of UM 



lagoon, ami .n th- otli.-r l...iin<lc<J by jrcntly ri-iiiirhilK Tl,. 

 pint- ami .th-r lofty tn-t->. int.-rp.-i ~. -.1 at |.|-a*j M ..- .! - 



-i th.-a|.|.. iiti\at-.i art, ai 



ui.-t a^r-.-abl- n-li.-l tO th.- -:,i;t!l StreftH 



th- la>fin In. in tin- south. vi/.: Il-.-nt.: 



Kaukari. It bus al-.. tin-.-.- , -, .n-i.l.-i-nhl.- i>laii.U. Th. 



of villajfes of Sambos an. un-l this iair""ii. who rai- n],-. hut .in 



not ,-ultivat<- th.- soil to aiiv extent, \ .fin* grossly imloli-nt an-l in,; 



k-iit. "Tin- IHIII! in tin- vii-inity ot th.- laK<-'ii." an-onlin^ ' 



Mtin-ly 01 uxl ln-antit'iil sivainias .-. 



with th- thirst itastiiniKi', atnl alonii<linf in .l.-.-r anl ot 

 Then- MIL- trees at Cnita. >.ut mi th.- ..,,,,. ., .!,'. 



.r.-ri.U.-frowii U r tiiiili-r a< lar>r.- as any onth.- OOMt !! lun-l 



:i:san-l,oiin,U..n,y hilK whos,- sin. in, 



ered by the most In v.i riant v.-^.-tation. ( th.- hanks of th. 

 th- n i- ,-\r,-]|,-nt inahoaii\.ai 



an-1 larjfest size. Pimento an<l \ ariousoth. -r xalualilr plant- 



digenoua/' 



Caratasca, half inclosed by the grant, is as jx-rfc. -tly : 

 locked, quiet and comiiMMlious a harbor as 

 the vessels that can ever l- rc M uin-(l for fully MiriB| 



iiiiiry naturally tributary to th< ! ; ]].y. 



It is separatr.l from the n-a by long spits which an 

 but at a point about live mil. -s \\<st of tlif ntr ;i 

 area of clay which rises from six to t. 



Offers an excellent -ite for wan-h.u-e.s and other buil.: 

 required for transportation business. On the shoales 1 



