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RIVERS OF MEXICO. 



It courses onward through a varying and rough channel among 

 the mountains and plains, until it is lost in the lagunes near 

 Alvarado. 



7th. The Rio de San Juan. The sources of this river lie partly 

 in the metallic mountains of Ixtlan, in the state of Oajaca, and partly 

 i i the neighborhood of Tehuacan de las Granadas. Many large, 

 bat wild streams, spring up in these mountain regions, and form 

 the broad but shallow Rio Grande de Quiotepec This river, 

 after winding through the valley of Cuicatlan, receives, from the 

 south, the large stream of Las'Vueltas; and all these unite to form 

 the Rio de San Juan, which pursues its eastern course until it ap- 

 proaches the coast near Alvarado, when it divides into two arms. 

 One of these, named Tecomate, joining the Cosomaloapan and 

 Paso, form the large lagunes of Tequiapa and Embarcadero, — 

 whilst the other arm, by a different course, also debouches in the 

 same lagunes. 



8th. The Rio de Guasacualco, rises at about 16° 58' of north 

 latitude, and 96° 19' west longitude, from Paris, in the mountains 

 of Tarifa, and pours onward towards the east, receiving accessions 

 from a great number of small mountain streams and rivulets, until 

 it falls into the Gulf of Mexico. 



9th. The Rio de Tabasco, or Rio de Grijalva, or Rio 

 Guichula, rises in the mountains of Cuchumatlanes towards the 

 centre of Guatemala, and falls into the gulf at the port of Tabasco. 



10th. The Rio de Usumasinta, rises also in Guatemala, and 

 debouches in the Laguna de Terminos. 



II. Small Eastern Coast Streams. 



Rio Garces. Rio 



Rio de Tuspan. Rio 



Rio de Cazones. Rio 



Rio de Tenistepec Rio 

 Rio de Jajalpam, or Tecolutla.Rio 



Rio de Nautla. Rio 



Rio de Tlapacoyan. Rio 



Rio de Palmar. Rio 



Rio de Mizantla. Rio 



Rio de Maguilmanapa. Rio 



Rio de Yeguascalco. Rio 



Rio de Actopan. Rio 



Rio de Chuchalaca. Rio 



Rio de San Angel. Rio 



Rio de San Carlos. Rio 



Antigua. 



de Jamapa, or Medellin 



Aquivilco. 



de Tonala. 



de Santa Anna. 



de capilco. 



de dos bocas. 



de chiltepec. 



de saboja. 



de champoton. 



de Chen. 



de escatallo. 



de San Francisco. 



DE SlLAN. 



Cedros. 



