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bouring coast, which stretches eastward towards Capa 
Codera, and consequently to the windward of La Guayra, is 
extremely unhealthy. Intermitting, putrid, and bilious fevers 
often prevail at Macuto and at Caravalleda ; and when from 
time to time the breeze is interrupted by a westerly wind, 
the little bay of Cotia sends air loaded with putrid emana- 
tions towards the coast of La Guayra, notwithstanding the 
rampart opposed by Cabo Blanco. 
The irritability of the organs being so different in the 
people of the north and those of the south, it cannot be 
doubted, that with greater freedom of commerce, and more 
frequent . and intimate communication between countries 
situated in different climates, the yellow fever 'null extend its 
ravages in the New World. It is even probable that the 
concurrence of so many exciting causes, and their action on 
individuals so differently organized, may give birth to new 
forms of disease and new deviations of the vital powers. 
This is one of the evils that inevitably attend rising civili- 
zation. 
The yellow fever and the black vomit cease periodically at 
the Havannnji and Yera Cruz, when the north winds bring 
the cold air of Canada towards the gulf of Mexico. But 
from the extreme equality of temperature which charac- 
terizes the climates of Porto Cabello, La Guayra, New Bar- 
celona, aud Cumana, it may be feared that the typhus will 
there become permanent, whenever, from a great influx of 
strangers, it has acquired a high degree of exacerbation. 
Tracing the granitic coast "of La Guayra westward, we 
find between that port (which is in fact but an ill-shel- 
tered roadstead) and that of Porto Cabello, several indent- 
ations of the land, furnishing excellent anchorage for ships. 
Buch are the small bay of Catia, Los Arecifes, Puerto-Li- 
Cruz, Choroid, Bienega de Ocumare, Turiamo, Burburata, 
and Patanebo. All these ports, with the exception of that 
of Burburata, from which mules are exported to Jamaica, 
are now frequented only by small coasting vessels, which 
are there laden with pro visions and cacao from the sur- 
rounding plantations. The inhabitants of Caracas are de- 
sirous to avail themselves of the anchorage of Catia, to 
tne west of Cabo Blanco. M. Bonpland and myself ex- 
amined that point of the coast during our second abode 
