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Columbia, West. New Grenada, reaching from about 2° S. lat. to 8" N. lat. ; 

 induding Guayaquil on the South. It is frequently written Oolombia. 



Oonekagua. Another name for the Bay of Fonseca ; also the name of a volcano 

 near the same place. 



Costa Rica. A province of Central America, between Nicaragua on the north, 

 and Veragua on the southeast The Gulf of Nicoya penetrates the middle por- 

 tions ; it lies between about 8° 80' and 10° 40' N. lat. 



Ousma. A town on the coast of Peru ; lat about 9° 40' S. 



Fdnseca, Qhilfof. Also called Amapalla and Conchagua. A spacious harbor 

 in Central America; lat about 13° N 



Oallapago Islands. A group lying under the Equator, with the line of 86° 80' 

 W. long, passing through the central island. They are uninhabited. They are 

 about 600 nautical miles from the mainland. 



Giiacomayo. In Centi'al America. 



Guayaquil. A town, gulf, Ac, in lat. 2° 11' S. 



Ouaymas. A town in Mexico, on the East side of the Gulf of Califoroia, in 

 lat about 28° N. 



Eonda, Bay of. A small bay next west of Montija Bay, in Veragua, in about 

 1° 45" N. lat 



Islay. In Peru. 

 Isthmus. Sc. of Panama. 



Lambeyeque. A town on the coast of Peru ; lat 6° 45' S. 

 La Paz. A town or mission in Lower California, on the west side of the Gulf, 

 , in lat about 24° 80' N. 



Lobos I. Near the coast of Peru, in lat about 6° 40' S. 

 Lord IIoo^s I. Hood's I, in the southeast part of Polynesia, in about 22° S. 

 lat and 185° W. long. 



Magdalena, Bay of. In Lower California, on the Pacific side, in lat about 24° 



40'N. 



Mazatlan. A town in Mexico, near the entrance of the Gulf of California, in 



lat about 23° 20' N. 



Mexico. Occupying the Pacific shore from lat about 33° N. to 16° N., from 

 Upper California to Central America. 



Monte Christi. A town in New Grenada, in the province of Guayaquil ; lat 



a'j5J-. 



Montijo, Bay of. In Veragua, on the south side, next west of the Bay of 



Panama. 



Muerte, Isle of In the Bay of Guayaquil. 



Nicoya, Oulf of In Costa Ric», lat between 9° and 10° N 

 Pacosmayo. Probably in Central America. 



