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insulated volcanoes of Granada and Bombacho ; 

 the Isthmus of Panama, between the Venta de 

 Cruces, or rather between the Indian village of 

 Gorgona, 3 leagues below Cruces, and the port 

 of Panama, between the Rio Trinidad and the 

 Rio Caymito; the bay of Mandinga and the 

 Rio Juan Diaz ; the Ensenada de Anachaeuna 

 (west of the Cape Tiburon) and the gulf of San 

 Miguel, in which the Rio Cbuchunque, or 

 Tuyra loses itself ; the Isthmus of Cupica, be- 

 tween the coast of the South Sea and the con- 

 fluence of the Rio Naipi with the Rio Atrato ; 

 and finally, the Isthmus of Choco, between the 

 Rio Quibdo, upper tributary stream of the 



Golfo Duke in the meridian of Sonfonate, runs more than 20 

 leagues into the land, so that the distance of the village of 

 Zaeapa (in the province of Chiquimala, near the southern 

 extremity of the Golfo Dulce) is only 21 leagues from the 

 coast of the Pacific Ocean. The rivers of the north approach 

 the waters which the Cordilleras of lzalco and Sacatepeques 

 empty into the South Sea. We find on the east of Golfo 

 .Dulce, in the partido of Comayagua, the Rio Grande of Mo- 

 tagua, or Rio de las bodegas de Gualan, the Rio le Camalecon, 

 the Ulua, and the Lean, which are navigable for large boats, 

 30 or 40 leagues inland. It is very probable that the Cordil- 

 lera, which here forms the ridge of partition between the 

 two seas, is divided by some transversal vallies. M. Juarros, 

 in the interesting work he has published at Guatimala, shews 

 us that the fine valley of Chimaltenango pours its waters at 

 the same time on the southern and northern coasts. Steam- 

 boats will one day give activity to the trade on the rivers of 

 Motagua and Folochic. 



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