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MEXICO, CENTEAL AMEEICA, WEST INDIES. 



the islets on the neighbouring coast bears the Spanish désignât iun of Vcnado, 

 vfhich has much the same meaning. The researches made in the surrounding 

 alluvial districts have brought to light numerous remains of stags' antlers 

 associated Avith arrowheads, axes, and other stone weapons and implements. As 

 a seaport Mazatlan cannot compare in natural advantages either with Guav- 

 mas or Acapulco ; the roadstead is exposed to all winds, and in order to avoid 

 the nor' westers, especially dangerous in these waters, vessels bave to ride at 



Fig. 39.— Mazatlan. 

 Scale 1 : 30,000. 



106'28' 



West oF G 



I06-S7- 



Sands exposed at 

 low water. 



etc 16 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 32 

 Feet, 



S2 1o64 

 Feet. 



1,100 Tards. 



64 Feet and 

 upwards. 



anchor in a pari; of the bay where the ground- swell rolls in from the south and 

 south-west. But for the export trade with California Mazatlan has the advantage 

 of lying exactly under the latitude of Cape St. Lucas ; in other words, it is the first 

 Mexican seaport reached by vessels arriving from San Francisco. Hence it has 

 become one of the chief ports of call for the regular steamp:ickets, and thus have 

 been developed numerous local industries, such as saw-mills, rope- walks, foundries 

 and spinning factories, employing a large number of foreign hands. 



Some 36 miles due south-east of Mazatlan is the little town of Chametla, that 



