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t{ tunity of observing in the rancho de Gavilanes situated in 
« the strand between the rivers Coatzacoalcos and Toneladas.” 
The sugar-cane, coffee, and cocoa prosper throughout this 
district, and are cultivated in the neighbourhood of almost all 
the settlements, although in very limited quantities. 0^ the 
Coatzacoalcos, the only plantation of any importance is one 
of coffee and cocoa, which an European settler established a 
few years ago, near Hidalgo-titlan, on the banks of this river, 
opposite to this village. 
The iztle is chiefly cultivated at Jaltipan, Soconusco, Tejis- 
tepec, Oteapa, Ishuatlan, and Moloacan. In 1831, Senor 
Iglesias numbered 1221 iztle plantations, the produce of 
which, generally sent to Vera Cruz, he estimated at upwards 
of £4,000. 
ANTIQUITIES. 
The southern division of the Isthmus is particularly rich in 
antiquarian remains. 
1. The road which leads from Mexico to Tehuantepec, on 
arriving in front of the Mistequilla, crosses a defile overhung 
by an eminence, called in the Zapoteco language Guiengola , 
which means large stone. In the historical manuscript, which 
has been alluded to, it is observed that when king Cosijoeza 
began his struggle for dominion against the emperor Montezu¬ 
ma, he made on this hill, which he had previously fortified and 
well supplied with arms, ammunition, and provisions, the bril¬ 
liant defence which secured to him the sovereignty of these 
lands. It appears that in those times there were in the hill 
several springs of water, of which not the slightest trace now 
remains; but there are still to be seen, as Sr. Moro was infor¬ 
med, splendid ruins of fortifications and vast barracks. There 
is no doubt whatever of the existence of these ruins, and the 
Commission intended to have visited them had not other du¬ 
ties of more importance prevented it. 
2. The hill of Coscomate, near Zanatepec, is also called the hill 
of the sun and moon, from two colossal representations of these 
heavenly bodies carved in the solid rock, which are described 
as illustrated by an inscription in unknown characters. The 
