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MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. 



affluent, grows sugar and wheat, and its inhabitants claim tliat the yield of wheat 

 is proportionately higher than in any other part of the world. Nevertheless, 

 Hermosillo owes its importance not to its agricultural resources, but to the 

 mineral deposits discovered ia the vicinity. Between 1867 and 1888, the local 

 mint coined a total sura of £2,640,000, chiefly in silver pieces. South-west of the 

 town rises the famous Cerro de la Campana, or " Bell Mountain," whose porphyrv 



Fig. 38. — GuAYMAS. 

 Scale 1 : 170,000. 



Denths. 



to Sj 

 Fathoms. 



2jto5 

 Fathoi:is. 



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5 to 10 

 Fathoms. 



10 to 25 

 TPn honis. 



25 Fathoms 

 and upwards 



blocks appear to vibrate with a silvery sound. The Yaqui river basin, although 

 less thickly peopled than that of the Rio Sonora, contains in its upper valleys 

 a few industrious places, such as Oposvra and Sahuaripa, where the Indians are 

 engaged especially in the manufacture of cotton fabrics. Oposura, iho old capital 

 of the Opata nation, has recently taken the name of IJocfezunia, in memory of the 

 former rulers of the land. 



