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Maytencillo is a little cove, fit only for a boat to land in at 

 particular times. 



The next opening in this high rugged coast is that of the river 

 LiMARi, which looks large from seaward, but is inaccessible. The 

 coast near Limari is steep and rocky. Two miles from the en- 

 trance of the river, there is a low, rocky point, with a small beach 

 on which boats sometimes land ; but a heavy surf breaks on it. Near a 

 mile from the coast the land rises suddenly to a range of hills, about 

 one thousand feet high, which runs parallel to the coast, and extends 

 two or three miles north and south of the river ; the summits of the 

 hills to the northward are covered with wood. The north entrance 

 point is low and rocky ; the south is a steep slope, with a remarkable 

 white sandy patch on the side of it. The river at its mouth is about 

 a quarter of a mile wide ; but the surf breaks heavily right across ; 

 inside it turns a little to the north-east, and then runs to the east- 

 ward through a deep gully in the range of hills before-mentioned. 

 Mount Talinay is a remarkable hill, 2,300 feet high ; it is three 

 miles from the coast, and seven miles southward of the river ; it is 

 thickly wooded on the top ; the sides are quite bare. Ten miles 

 southward of Mount Talinay lies a deep valley, with a remarkable 

 sandhill on its north side, close to the coast ; at the mouth of the 

 valley there is a small sandy beach. Within five miles of Maytencillo 

 there is a point with several rocks, running ofiF it about a quarter of a 

 mile ; from which to Maytencillo the coast is composed of blue rocky 

 clififs, about one hundred and fifty feet high ; the land above the 

 clifife rises to between three and four hundred feet ; and then about 

 three miles in shore the range of hills runs from three to four thou- 

 sand feet high. 



About fourteen miles northward of Limari is a small bay, with a 

 sandy beach in the north corner ; but a heavy surf. From this bay 

 northward the coast is rocky and much broken : about eight miles 

 southward of Point Lengua de Vaca is a small rocky peninsula, with 

 a high, sharp rock in the centre of it, southward of which lies a 

 small, deep cove, with a sandy beach at the head ; but the entrance 

 is nearly blocked up by small islets, and rocks both above and below 

 water. The entrance is too bad for the smallest vessel ; though in fine 

 weather boats can land in the cove. The outer breaker is not more 

 than two cables from the shore ; but when calm the swell sets 

 directly on it. This cove is Tortoral de Lengua de Vaca. 



