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states, is formed of Indians : and of the 70,000 people who are esti- 

 mated to compose the population, it is probable that the majority is 

 formed of the Mijes, Zoques and Cendales. 



Cacao, coffee, pepper, sugar, tamarinds, arrow-root, palmetto and 

 some tobacco are cultivated; while indigo and vainilla grow wild 

 in the forests among groves of oaks, cedars, mahogany and iron- 

 wood. The extensive wildernesses of Tabasco are filled with game 

 and wild beasts, and the streams are full of excellent fish. Bees 

 abound in the depths of the forests and yield abundant supplies of 

 wild honey and wax. 



The capital of Tabasco is Villa Hermosa de Tabasco, or, as it is 

 sometimes called, Villa de San Juan Bautista, which lies on the left 

 bank of the Tabasco river twenty-four leagues from its mouth. It 

 contains about 7,000 inhabitants, and is reached by vessels of light 

 draft from the sea; but its chief commercial intercourse is carried on 

 with adjoining states and with Guatemala. There # are some other 

 towns or villages worthy of mention; the principal of which are 

 Usumasinta, Nacayuca, Tacotalpa, Teapa, Jalapa, Chontalpa, Jalpa, 

 Cunduacan, Macuspana, Chiltepec, Santa Anna, Tonala, Acalpa, 

 Chinameca, Tochla, Istapa or Ystapangahoya, San Fernando, Ta- 

 pichulapa, and Obsolotan. 



