OF HONDURAS.


 Of the trees which furnish dye woods,
the most plentiful and easily obtained are
those of the Fustic and Logwood. Some
other kinds adapted to the like uses are
occasionally found, but not in such quan-
tites as to render the discovery of them of
much importance. A species of that
which bears the name of Brasiletto is
sometimes met with on the islands con-
tiguous to the coast, and forms an article
of export. The Pterocarpus Draco,
which yields the valuable commodity of
Dragon's blood, is a-native of the interior
country.
 Of a class different from the foregoing,
the first place may very properly be as-
signed to the Cocoa-nut tree, from
the well known variety of uses to
which it may be applied. This is
the common inhabitant of -almost
every situation within the tropics; and'
in this country, both on the con-
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