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they are washed, and the fine ship timber that 

 covers them, possess great advantages over the 

 shores of the United States. In no part of the 

 world is there found firmer anchorage, or fitter 

 positions for the establishment of military posts. 

 The sea of this coast is constantly calm, like 

 that which extends from Lima to Guayaquil. 

 The storms and hurricanes of the West Indies 

 are never felt on the Costa jirme ; and when 

 after the sun has passed the meridian, thick 

 clouds loaded with electricity, accumulate on 

 the mountains of the coast, this threatening as- 

 pect of the sky, denotes to a pilot accustomed 

 to those latitudes, only a squall that scarcely 

 obliges him to reef or take in the sails. The 

 virgin-forests near the sea, in the eastern part of 

 New Andalusia, present valuable resources for 



211)3 Laguna Chica, on the south of Chuparuparu (Vol. vi, 

 p. 97) ; Laguna grande del Obispo (Vol. iii, p. 21 } Vol. vi, 

 p. 108) ; Cariaco, (Vol. iii, p. 198) Ensenada de Santa-Fe 5 

 Puerto Escondido 5 Port de Mochima (Vol. iii, p. 358 5 Vol, 

 vi, p. 108) - f Nueva Barcelona (Vol. iii, p. 361 5 Vol. vi, p. 

 77) ; the mouth of the Rio Unare j Higuerote (Vol. iii, p. 

 370 5 Chuspa ; Guatire j La Guayra (Vol. iii, p. 382) 5 Catia ; 

 Los Arecifes 5 Puerto la Cruz 3 Choroni 5 Sienega de Ocu- 

 mare ; Turiamo ; Burburata ,• Patenebo (Vol. iii, p. 402) ; 

 Porto Cabello (Vol. iv, p. 201) ; Chichiribiche (Vol. iv, p 

 204) ; Puerto del Manzanillo ; Coro ; Maracaybo ; Bahia 

 Honda ; El Portete et Puerto Viejo 5 the island of Margue- 

 rita has three good ports, Pampatar, Pueblo de la Mar, and 

 Bahia de Juan Griego. {Those printed in Italics are the parts 

 most frequented.) 



