TOPOOEAPHY OF AL AGO AS. 



149 



sively passes the stations of Jahoatan, most frequented rural resort of the citizens 

 of Pernainbuco, Victori/, Gravatd, Bczerros, Cartiarù, the most flourishing mart in 

 the interior of the State. South-westwards the chief station on the S. Francisco 

 line is Cabo, which takes its name from the neighbouring Cabo (" Cape ") Santo 

 Agostinho, where formerly stood a fort hotly contested by the Dutch and Portu- 

 guese during the first half of the seventeenth century. 



Beyond Cabo on the same line follow, still within the State of Pernambuco, 



Fig. 57. — Alagoas Coast. 

 Scale 1 : 375,œ0. 



West PI Greenv 



55° 50 



SSVo- 



too 

 Eatiiums. 



Depths. 



5 to 10 

 Fathoms. 



If I F.i thorns 

 and upwards 



. 6 Miles. 



the towns of Palmares and Gciranlnms, the latter a health resort 2,810 feet above 

 sea-level, much frequented by consumptive patients. It lies in the valley of the 

 Upper Mundahu, above the zone of sugar-cane, in a fertile district growing cotton, 

 coffee, tobacco, and cereals. 



The western section of the State of Pernambuco and the whole of Alagoas 



(the " Lagoons ") are comprised within the S. Francisco basin. But Maceio, 



capital of the latter, stands on a peninsula between the sea and one of the lagoons 



from which the State takes its name. The Lagoa do Norte, as this basin is called, 



44 



