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EASTERN WESTERN INTERIOR YUCATAN. 



the combined fortune of war and mineral wealth have subdued for 

 the benefit of mankind. 



In accordance with the plan proposed in the separate considera- 

 tion of the several States and Territories of Mexico, we shall divide 

 them into three groups: — those on the eastern or Gulf coast; those 

 on the western or Pacific coast, and those in the interior. 



I. — Eastern or Gulf Coast. 

 The State of Yucatan, The State of Vera Cruz. 



" State of Chiapas. " State of Tamaulipas. 



" State of Tabasco. 



II. — Western or Pacific Coast. 

 The State of Oajaca. The State of Jalisco. 



" State of Puebla. u Territory of Colima. 



a Territory of Tlascala. 

 " State of Mexico and Federal 

 District. 

 The State of Michoacan. 



State of Sinaloa. 

 Slate of Sonora. 

 State of Guerrero. 

 Territory of L. California. 



I I I. 1 N T E R I O R. 



The State of Queretaro. The State of New Leon. 

 " State of Guanajuato. " State of Coahuila. 



" State of Zacatecas. " State of Durango. 



" State of San Luis Potosi. " State of Chihuahua. 



THE STATE OF YUCATAN. 



The State of Yucatan, sometimes known by the name of Merida 

 or Campeche, occupies the greater portion of the peninsula which 

 bounds the southern edge of the Gulf of Mexico. Its eastern side 

 is washed by the Caribbean Sea, and touched by the settlements at 

 Balize; on the south it is bounded by Guatemala; on the west by 

 the Gulf of Mexico and the States of Chiapas and Tabasco, from 

 which it is separated by the river Paicutun that falls into the Lag- 

 nua de Terminos. Its northern coast extends from Cape Catoche 

 to the Punta de Piedras, about eighty-six leagues; and the whole 

 area of the State is computed at 3,823 square leagues. 



Yucatan possesses very few streams and none of importance that 

 are known or explored. On the west of the peninsula, debouching 

 into the Gulf of Mexico, there are the rivers or rivulets of Escatalto, 

 Chen, Champoton; — the San Francisco falls into the Bay of Cam- 

 peche; in the north there are the Silan, the Cedros, and the Conil; 

 while the streams of Bolina, the Rio Nuevo, the Bacalar, the As- 



