OP HONDURAS.


sional relaxation, almost exclusively occu-
pies the attention of whites and blacks;
and, engaged in pursuits that lead to di-
stant and in widely different directions,'it
seldom happens, perhaps not more than
once in many months, that the settlers of
Honduras have any kind of intercourse
with each other, or for the same interval
with their homes or families. The set-
ting out on a mahogany-cutting expe-
dition resembles in some degree that of
departing on a long voyage, the prepa-
rations for both being nearly similar; ad
the dreary time that must be passed in the
woods, in this employment, may not un-
aptly be compared to what is felt by many
in a long confinement on shipboard.
 Christmas, however, is the season that
in this country usually brings all ranks
together-the bond and the free; and the
hilarity which prevails amongst the former
order cannot possibly be more largely par-