194 



alone, a relative population of 208, that is, only 

 one-seventh less than that of the Atlantic States 

 of North America. 

 As in political economy, numerical state- 

 Province of Cutnana : s q . leagues 

 Mountainous part of the Cordilleras of the coast 



and Caripe 393 



Llanos, or savannahs , 1558 



1951 



Of which the marshy delta of the Oroonoko is 

 G52 sq. leagues. 

 Province of Barcelona: 



The rather mountainous part, and the forests 



towards the North 223 



Llanos ; 1341 



1504 



Province of Caraecas : 



Mountainous part 1820 



Llanos, comprehending Carora and Monai,.... 3320 



6140 



These calculations yield 6219 square leagues of steppes, or 

 savannahs, of which 180 are to the westward of theBioPor- 

 tugueza. Now the Llanos of Varinas, between that river, the 

 Apure, and the mountains of Pamplona, Merida, and Paramo 

 de las Rosas, contain 1664 square leagues ; it thence results, 

 that the immense basin of the Llanos comprehended between 

 the Sierra Nevada de Merida, the delta of the Bocas Chichas, 

 inhabited by the Guaraon Indians, and the northern banks of 

 the Apure and the Oroonoko, present a superficies of 7753 

 square leagues, equal to half the extent of Spain. The actual 

 population of the savannahs of Caraecas, Barcelona, and Cu- 

 mana, appears to me, on account of their populous cities, to 

 be now above 70,000 souls. 



