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the Yima Eiver. Savannas (natural) and small woods about the tovm. 
Above hills are forested, bejow mostly open savannas. Provisions 
not very plentiful and comparatively dear, neighborhood not much 
cultivated. It is 9 miles S»W. of Pimentel (or Barbara) on the E.E. 
the road crossing both the GarnM and the Yuna Eivers. It stands 
on south side of the plain of the Cibao, at the northeast corner 
of the Central range of the Cordillera. Hills mostly poor stony 
land - sandstone. The church is one of the oldest if not the 
oldest in America. Much battered with shot, earthquake, and time. 
