CHAPTER IX. 



SINALOA BOUNDARIES CLIMATE DIVISIONS INDIANS PRO- 

 DUCTS TOWNS MINES. SONORA BOUNDARIES DIVI- 

 SIONS RIVERS CLIMATE INDIANS TRADE TOWNS 



MINES. TERRITORY OF LOWER CALIFORNIA BOUNDARIES 



CHARACTER POPULATION PRODUCTS PEARLS SALT 



MINES SEALS WHALES CLIMATE PORTS TOWNS 



POPULATION. STATE OF GUERRERO. 



THE STATE OF SINALOA. 



Sinaloa is bounded on the south by Jalisco, on the east by Du- 

 rango, on the south-west by Chihuahua, on the north by Sonora and 

 on the west by the Pacific coast for a distance of 200 leagues along 

 the Gulf of California. It lies between 22° 35' and 27° 45' of north 

 latitude and 107° and 113° west longitude from Paris. The river 

 Canas divides it from Jalisco, and the Mayo from Sonora. Its 

 length from south-east to north-west is about 180 leagues, and its 

 breadth in the centre 50 to 56 leagues. This State is partly moun- 

 tainous and partly level coast land. On the east it lies on the limits 

 of the Cordilleras of Mexico. The levels begin in the west near 

 the boundaries of Jalisco, and stretch out their broad sand-wastes 

 to the town of Alamos and the river Mayo, until they are lost in the 

 State of Sonora. This region is scorched with a blazing sun, and 

 is of course but thinly peopled and little cultivated. Near the city 

 of Alamos a more genial country begins. The central and eastern 

 parts of Sinaloa are rich in table lands and vallies, while the slopes 

 of the mountains are thickly wooded. In the interior the rains are 

 not heavy nor the warmth intense. A mild and genial air prevails 

 during the whole year ; but on the coast the heat is excessive, 

 and all who are able escape from it into the interior. 



The State of Sinaloa is divided into three departments : — 



1st. The department del Fuerte, with three cantons, viz : Fuerte, 

 Alamos and Sinaloa. 



2d. The department of Culiacan, with two cantons, viz : Culia- 

 can and Cosala. 



3d. The department of San Sebastian, with three cantons, viz : 

 Sebastian, Rosario and Piastla. 



The principal streams and rivers of this State are those of las Canas, 

 or Rio de Bay6na, the boundary line in the direction of Jalisco; the 



