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district lias rather an ill name for fever ; yet those 
who are careful manage to maintain their health and 
vigour. 
To the south of the Montserrat range of hills, there is 
no considerable elevation of country; yet it is not flat 
like the district above-mentioned, but of an undulating 
character. 
The hlaparimas, a district lying between the Guaracara 
and the Godineau rivers, is undulatory, and, for the most 
part, consists of as rich a soil as can be found in any 
part of the world. It is here that the greatest quantity 
of sugar is made. As far as the eye can reach you are 
surrounded by a waving sea of green canes at one time 
of the year, while at another the green disappears and 
gives place to close-shaven, brown stretches, breadths and 
belts, studded here and there with works from whose 
chimneys volumes of black smoke issue all day long. 
To the south and east of this tract of country, the 
primeval forests hold undisputed sway, with but a small 
patch here and there testifying to the industry of man. 
At La Brea and Cedros there are a few sugar estates, but 
the extent of ground they occupy is small, compared with 
the miles of forest rejoicing in their unmolested and 
virgin beauty. 
Thus far we have been speaking of the line of coast 
washed by the waters of the Gulf of Faria. These 
shores may be likened to the inner edge of a horseshoe, 
which, -with the coast of Cumana, form the basin which 
contains and confines the waters of our gulf. 
To the north of the island there are several openings, 
called bocas or mouths, formed by small islets rising 
out of the sea, between Point Monos and the mainland of 
Venezuela. There are three islets, making, of course, 
four openings. The first is Monos, the second Huevos, 
the third Chacachacarro. Three of these openings are 
narrow, difficult, and dangerous of navigation ; but the 
fourth, Boca Grande, is twelve miles wide, and of course 
in it there is sufficient sea-room for all purposes The 
