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CARACCAS. 



Felipe, near the copper-mines of Aroa. It 

 appears, that it was on a line running 

 E. N. E. and W. S. W. from La Guayra and 

 Caraceas to the lofty mountains of Niquitao 

 and Merida, that the violence of the earth- 

 quake was principally directed. It was felt 

 in the kingdom of New Grenada, from the 

 branches of the high Sierra de Santa Mar- 

 tha,* as far as Bogota and Honda, on the 

 banks of the Magdalena, one hundred and 

 eighty leagues from Caraceas." 



The principal produce of the surrounding 

 country is wheat, maize, rice, indigo, cot- 

 ton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, and cocoa. 



The culture of indigo has been much neg- 

 lected since the revolution, but this may 

 be made a most productive article. 



* As far as Villa de Los Remedios, and even to 

 Carthagena. 



