BRITISH SETTLEMENT


consequence of it, have ever since consi-
dered themselves less bounden to an ob-
servance of their original obligation.
 The intercourse which subsists betwe in
the English and Spaniards is chiefly cay-
ried on by a communication with Merida,
the capital of the province of Yucatan.
During war the English are not permitted
to approach nearer Merida than the
look-out post, as it is termed, of St. Anto-
nio, a s ort,,distance from the town of
'Bcalar: from this last place the public
dispatches are forwarded by India cou-
riers to the capital. The officer who at
present holds; the distinguished rank of
Captain-general of Yucatan is, Don Be-
nito P eZ, a most respectable character,
who enjoys a full share of the esteem of
those he is placed over, as well as the high
 regard of' al who approach him in his of-
 ficial capacity.
 The climate of this part.of the Ameri-
 can continent is greatly superior to that