. Die westliche Welt [microform]: malerische Skizzen der Natur und der natürlichen Geschichte in Nord- und Mittelamerika. Natural History; Naturgeschichte; Baron, Baron. 248 MITTELAMERIKA. '%. Vulkan von Cartago. Hier die kordilleren wieder ihren allgemeinen Charakter eines riesigen Berg Barriere, sondern wieder in Nieder Kanten als die Kette geht durch den Isthmus von Panama. Wie in Südamerika, die Kordilleren fahren nahe entlang der Pazifikküste. In der Folge, die Flüsse, die von ihren Höhen haben eine lange Kurs auf der atlantischen Seite und haben tun

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. The western world [microform] : picturesque sketches of nature and natural history in northern and Central America. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. 248 CENTRAL AMERICA. '%. volcano of Cartago. Here the Cordilleras resume their general character of a vast mountain barrier, but once more sink down into low ridges as the chain passes through the Isthmus of Panama. As in South America, the Cordilleras run close along the Pacific coast. In consequence, the rivers which flow from their heights have a long course on the Atlantic side, and have carried down a large quantity of alluvial soil. Here, too, rain falls in greater or lesser quantities throughout the year. The vegetation is consequently rank, and the climate damp, and proportionately unhealthy. As the trade-winds blow from the north-east, the moisture with which they are saturated is condensed against the mountain-sides, and flows backwards towards the Atlantic. The Pacific slope is, there- fore, comparatively dry and salubrious—as indeed are also the elevated table-lands of the interior. The whole region is subject to earthquakes, and numberless volcanoes rise in all directions. In the low ridge which separates the Lake of Nicaragua from the Pacific are several volcanic hills, most of them active; while further to the north-west, in the district of Conchagua—scarcely more than one hundred and eighty miles in length—there are upwards of twenty volcanoes. The two most lofty are found in the Guatemala range—that of Fuego being upwards of 12, 000 feet in height, and that of Agua, 18, 000 feet. Many parts of the interior of the country have been but very partially explored, and are, indeed, almost unknown. Of the purely native tribes, most of them have become mingled with Spaniards or negroes. Parts of the coast are inhabited by mixed races of Caribs, who have migrated from St. Vincent, one of the Leeward islands. These Caribs are ls>'-> Kj;.. Please note that

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