Chap. I. SAN JUAN DEL NORTE — POPULATION. 17 
as from the West Indies, but the better class was almost 
entirely composed of foreigners — Americans, English, 
Frenchmen, Spaniards, Germans, and Italians ; and such 
the population has remained up to the present time, repre- 
senting a type of what the population of Central America 
in general will no doubt in due course become — a mixture 
of all the elements able to contribute to the development 
of civilization and prosperity in this beautiful and interest- 
ing region. 
