OF IHONDURAS.


 CHAP. HI.

 Rivers Balizc and Sibun, their importance to the
 Sellttement ; particulars connected uith the his.
 tory ('/loth. Seasons for cutting mahogany :
 the operation described. Commercial advan-
 tages annexed to the above. Slaves, their la-
 Iour and condil ion. Concluding remark.

IT has been already observed that cul-
livation forms no part of the leading
pursuits of the British Settlers at Hlon-
duras. The cutting of mahogany and
logwood is, therefore, almost their sole
occupation.
 The River Balize, from which the
principal establishment has obtained its
name, from having the oldest and most
valuable mahogany works connected with
it, claims the first consideration. Some
of the wood-cutters have placed them-
selves as high up the Balize as two hun-