XTHE CONTENTS.

 CHAP. IV.

A code of law s formed iy Capt. Burnay. Page
 Present administration of justice. Courts
 of Honduras, how held. Humane regula-
 tion for protecting manumitted slaves. Re-
 venue. Population. Diseases. ........ 63

 CHAP. V.
The pursuits nf the Settlers of Honduras lead
 to distant and widely different directions.
 Christmas the season of general f ,tir'6y.
 The slaves"particularly happy at this period.
 Water sports. Tlh Dory and Pitpan boats,
 peculiar to the Settlementdescribed. Shoot-
 ing and fishing parties................ 74

 CHAP. VI.
 Subjects connected with the Natural History
 of Honduras. Extraordinary advantages
 that might attend many pursuits annexed
 to cultivation again insisted on. Trees and
 plants, their great variety : the uses of se-
 veral species described................ 81

 CHAP. VII
 Natural History continued. Quadrupeds... 94

 CHAP. VIII.
 Natural History continued, Birds. ...... 109
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