OF HONDURAS.


accurately of these roads, or of the places
to which they lead. It having been in-
variably the policy of Spain to guard as
strictly as possible against every informa-
tion of the kind being obtained; those
persons therefore who have travelled over
them, have in most instances been in a
state of captivity, and not unfrequently
compelled to haue their eyes closely ban-
daged. At the head of the River Balize,
a town of considerable size and popula-
tion, named Potent, is situated. It is
placed in the centre of a large lake, and
is considered a place of, haisai.hmeiit for
Spanish culprits. It has a governor and
small garrison annexed to it, and in a
south westerly direction is deemed about
eight or ten days journey from the highest
of the English Settlements. The com-
iunication from Potent, to the rich and
extensive city of Guatimala is believed to
be uninterrupted.
 The Sibun, or Sheeboon, as itis usually