OF 'THE MOSQUITO I rIANS. l t
 spot. And the whole of these may be
 viewed as almost holding an undisturbed
 possessioneof their native haunts; for hie
 cessity aione, and that of the most impe-
 rious kind, ean ever impel the Lndiarto
 seek for either.
 The cattle are small, but, from the
vast extent and excellence of the pas-
turage the meat they supply is fat and
extremely well-flavoured. Horses are
also very numerous, and, though generally
small, not unhBadsome. Hogs are raised
in extraordinary numbers; and poultry
of all kinds is abundant and large.
 Many of the Mosquito Indians are of
a mixed breed, between that of the abo-
riginal and the negro of the Samba coun-
try. Accident produced this variety;
from the circumstance of an African
slave-shii, many years past, havingbeen
wrecked on their coast, from which se-
veral. women were saved, and who weAl