OF HON DURAS.


is indigenous.- Indian arrow-root is abun-
dantly produced, and pimenta has been
tried under the most encouraging appear-
ance of profits
 Contiguous to the banks of the many
 rivers with which this country is so abun-
 dantly supplied, the lands wouId, without
 question, be found, from the extraordi-
 nery richness of their soil, exceedingly
 well adapted to the growth of rice and
 the periodical rains woed .certainly be
 highly conducive to the perfection of th~i
 most useful grain. That which has been
 produced for domestic use in niainy ita-
 ations on the River Balize in paaiscular,
 forooodness of quality and quantity to7
 the acre, has been considered every way.
 equal to the finest from the American
States.
 The above may be contemplated as the
most important kinds of culture that
might be advantageously attempljL .0L
other kinds, however, though perhaps ant