The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-09-25

] cedar, yielding from 200 to $50 gallons by
simply tapping. This liquid Is prixcd highly
amQpg tne natiSes for its healing virtues, cs
peciaily for bruises on man or beasts. Insects
VIII not come whore 1t is used. II is the ma
tive's Balm of Gilcad, Tho lard trco, from
which they sometimes mako soap; tho tarlov
tree, tho sap Of which makes beautiful war.
from which candles arc made; pines, oak, Of
many varieties, guniacum iron troe, cocoa or
chocolate, medra do cacoa, drago or dragons
blood, sometimes called Balsam of Peru, pal-
| ma christi, as largo rs peach troes, Ulo or In
dia rubber, guaco, for snake bites or HYDRO.
phobia, mahogany, logwood, cinchona, Brazil
wood, indigo, almond, orange, lemon, banana.
1 Pine apple, shaddoc, saportc, mango. Guaya
| ng' pium' apple, ounce, tamcrine, pomegran-
| ite' gradella, sea prape, papie, mamie, star and
| oustard apples, coco nuts, plantains, are some
OF tho vast multitude Of trees, with tho beau-
titul cochineal, dye woods, sarsaparilla, yaniI>
la, and an innumerable number of plsn,s
whose nomenclature would exhaust tho pau.
enee OF Tho reader. We saw cane in the up
per valley which grew to to height Of seventy
or eighty feet, Of which fences and house raf.
| ters are made
among the products wo enumerate cotton,
corn, wheat rye, oats, barley, coffoe, cocoa,
sugar cane, arrow root, tobacco, rice. gin.
ger water and musk melons. and indeed all
products peculiar to the United States grow
In great perfection. The natives do no.
cultivate any Of the products. Almost
every family has small patch Of from one
eighth to one acre, and In this they have a
little corn, p'nntains, etc. On these. with
the fruits of the forest and game, they sub
sist. The land Is cleared in the p,ains bv
first cutting out the dense underground
with a large matchetts, or knife. The trees
are then 'elled with an ak This is USUALLY
done in the dry season. After IL lays a few
weeks, fire is applied when the wind is
high, and the whole is consumed. With a
sharp stick hole is made In which the
seed are planted, and no further attention
is given it until it is gathered With no
further work than this we have seen corn.
cotton, sugar cano, rice and come other
products far excel the most elaborate cult.
waited farms in this country.
We spent some time with Frenchman
who had resided in Honduras nearly n year
He cleared four and half acres at San Pc.
dro and planted the same In Sea Island cot
ton, in four feet hills each way. When
hrs' seen by us in the middle of April, 1t
was eight feet high. and with its branches
completely locked, bending under lie
weight of numberless bolls. This gentle.
man asseverated that Up to that time he
had picked $4,000 pounds Of seed cotton,
(and hn patch was then whits) with a
yield OF 8St per cent. Of lint We counted
twenty-two ginned bales Of 100 pounds
each, fortytwo bales in. the seed of ITO
pounds each, and saw quite.a quantity in
room which We had no means of estimating
by the first OF June 1t had taken its second
growth, was full of green leaves had
grown two feet higher, and had the appear.
ance OF onr cotton just before it blossoms.
Inc work this cotton has had was little
chopping with the hoe when it was young.
The people here never saw a plow. It will
r"quire no future work in ten yeats except
p'uning. The ground is 20 densely shaded
that grass and weeds cansot grow. Each
succeeding crop-.'N crops are picked In one
year are said to yield much more than the
hrst This is the only cotton we cav cult.
vated in the country, bat saw some grow.
ing without attention, the staple of which
is not inferior to our upland. We saw
some stalks several years old which were
as large as medium sized peach trees. We
heard OF large yields of sugar, rice, corn,
wheat, potatoes, ETC., but are unable to
speak from personal knowledge Of the Weld
per acre.
The atimal Kingdom is numerous and ex.
ceedingly prolific embracing, we SUPPOSE
all those Of the Southern States and lono
catalogue besides Horses and mules are
numerous but not SO large as ours. though
very hardy and serviceable cattle in great
numbers, equal to those of Texas; hogs
as fine as those Of Kentucky and very nu.
merons5 sheep fine bnt not numerous--onlv
being used as pets, goats numerous
Among the wild animals are deer, peeca-v,
wHree' taPier' manatust monkey. raccoen
oPossum. squirrel, rabbit puma leopard
panthers, tiger and many others of less
| note.
Together with all the feathered tribe Of
the south are mingled those Of the ,topieS
delighting the eye with their beauty and
pleasing the ear with their carollings. Vast
numbers Of turkeys. ducks, chickens. euin.
sas' hawks, vultures. buzzsrds. sea eagles
crows, black birds, jays, doves, partridger
rice birds, pigeons, swallows, rainbirds
hnnming birds. etc, are seen associatino
with the quitzal, micaw, parrot, toucan, pei
iiOan' curlsw, Plover, darten, etc.
Honduras in her mineral and precious