1060 The American Naturalist. [November 
General Notes. 
GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. 
(Continued from page 946.) 
Honduras.—Still rising before us are numerous peaks and moun- 
tains in different forms. We notice that their tops are crowned by 
huge barren rocks,—a porphyritic cap. Before ascending these heights 
we are enabled to trace, in our imagination, the original magnitude 
and extent of this formation, now only left to us in huge rounded 
masses or other peculiar forms, in the shape of walls or even columns. 
Some of the summits have disappeared, but we will find them as debris 
accumulated at the base. The lithological character of this debris 
answers in every respect to those rocks, which have remained as mon- 
uments of a nearly-destroyed rock-formation once crowning the heights 
of the Pacific slope of Honduras. 
The surface of the mountains is deeply ravined and supplied with 
enclosing rocks are dislocated and carried away till the fierce element 
has satisfied its demands. 
Meteoric events are thus the makers of scenery ; the latter will 
change as soon as the former will assume other conditions, and there- 
fore they are in close relation to each other. 
I make a few remarks about the present climatic condition of Hon- 
duras. Contrary to ordinary or common belief, Honduras has a 
a salubrious, healthy climate, The thermometer rises on the low coast- 
from 80° up to 100°, but the latter quotation may be considered 
as one of the high extremes. In an altitude of 2,500 feet we will 
