The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-10-02

or between two windows.
The impression generally prevails that rop-
tiles are very numerous In ,Honduras. Such
Il not, however, the case. During our travels
We were constantly upon the alert and did not
see . live snake during tho whole time, though
some Of our party saw = few, supposed, froa
their form, TO be harmless. We hoard Of spi-
doris and centipedes, though they are not nu-
merous or feared By tho inhabitants. Tho
scarcity Of those n attributed By tho natives
TO tho number Of birds proving upon them,
and TO the woods being burned. Ants are
numerous and Of many varieties. A small
ant, similar 10 ours, Is troublefome In houses.
Mosquitoes are scarce during tho dry season !
but we were informed that two months Of tho
wet season they were quito numerous on tho
eo.st and in the valleys. Sand flies and gnsts
are found In localities at certain seasons, but
not moro numerous and troublesomo than
hero. These insects do not annoy except
whom chs brcese 1ulls, and ss this is very scl-
dom, .little trouble 10 felt. Fieas and bugs sre
not as numerous as IN Georgia We wero not
troubled with them at all except whom our
host would keep his stock in his dwelling
This was, however, frequently Tho case. Feel
ing . recurrence Of sea-sickness by the use Of
the hammock, wo wore sometimes compelled to
spread our blankets upon tho floor. At such
times the familiar pigs and dogs (the latter
by tho dozen) claimed part OF our bod
Our Dissemination to play the agreeable with
these neighbors, caused Ms 10 suffer In tho
flesh.
Jiggors arc found sometimes in tho sandy
lands. Bat wcro thoy moro numerous II
It would be botter--cicSniines being . pre-
ventatiye. We found vast number Of small
ticks--usuaily styled secd- -tioss--in The woods
whom we FIRST arrived. But these arc short
livod-they die with the termination Of the
dry season. No others were soeu. The little
rcd bug, 10 common and annoying In this
country, are wanting. We did not see half a
dozen Of that familiar pest, the bouss hy, in
all Hondura1j but were informed q few were
10 be seen during the month Of August.
In this couuectious for che sake Of the anon
ally, we mention tho stingless beo. This little
insect Is not more than one>third tho size Of
our honey bee, bearing, however, q very close
resemblance to Il. They arc very numerous
in the woods, AMI are found under floors, roofs
and walls Of houses. Their honey Is good,
healthy and much used by the natives
When fouod In small trees, the natives cut
above and below tho bees, tie q vino around
II and suspend &c In their dwellings; in this
way having constant supply Of honey, tho
bees not being interrupted their work
The ordinary honey bees arc said TO exist In
the country, but we saw mono.
Honduras Is sadly behind tho ago in civili-
ration and Improvement. This Is attributable
10 sevorsi esasos. Chiefly among them We
may mention the tyranny Of tho Spanish gov
ernmont duriog It's colonial existence. Spain,
rs long as 1t held the country, appropriated
all tho vast wealth and resources for It's own
selfish purposes. Foreigners wero denied ad-
mission into the eountry, and Its people under
an oppressive system Of polftical vassalass,
were impoverished for tho agrsndizement of
tho mother country. Throwing OF tho Span
ish yoke, In the achievement Of thoir indepen-
dence they have slowly dropped, ono by one,
the Spanish forms and practices, untfl now no
restraint is held over the country for the de-
yelopment OF its vast resources. Her wars,
pirates aud priests have retarded civilization
intercepted commerce, and cursed tho country
with birotry. -.... D.. . -
There 1. not a railroad. ennaf. steamboat
telegraph, machine shop. manufaotory, saw or
srist mill. vapon. or even wagon road. or far.
ry-boat IN all the Renub,;s os Honduras
Nothing but the resepsrat,ne ,nausno. az aha
energetic foreigner can ever awake q 70 IN,
life Of modern ,nuro,.p,sn, and o,,;,;,.,,o,
And although the government. In the hands o,
Intelligent mon. evinee evsrv di,nos,,;on 70 en-.
courage the ,piri, of proyre,.. v,thou, moan,
or the co-orerat,on OF ,,s 'neon,o. 4, ,.,,r,oJ
m its efforts. Enter,a,nins mo- honr ., 800.
ing her peoy,s feoI.. tbair istbs,1v. 40 .n.,
her owes ,u,paoringly to tho ANGLO, ,saxon
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