The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-22
From the British Honduras Colouist. I
British Honduras.
CATTLE HANDING, FNb. 22, IS5S.

CATTLE LANDING, Feb. 22, 1858.
Mr.. JAS. M. PUrNAM-Dcar ,St,. -
Knowing that there arc reports dcroga-
tory to lands you REPRESENT and also to
you and others, who have published
letters in reference to this colony, we
take pleasure in stating that we have
examined carefully much Of the land
lying between The rivers Rio Grandc
and Moho, AMI find, in our estimation,
one of the finest countries that can be
imagined, atfording more facilities for Il
planting community than we have ever
seen any where else. We believe that
a thousand families can find ciigibls sites
and room on this tract for Eorniest oads.
We aro Informed that the NIoho River
has FIVE feet six inches in low water
and seven feet in the rainy season on
the bar at the mouth, and depth for any
steamboat from the mouth to the first
rapid, fifteen miles up. The Rio Grandc
has Two feet six inches on the bar in the
dry season, and four IN the wet. and
good navigation for fifteen or twenty
miles. Houses arc being erected for the
temporary use OF cmigrants, until they
can locate ON their homesteads, on the
bay shore, at a beautiful location here
tofore known as the Cattle Landing,'
where therc must be town of consider.
able Importance when the back. country
is settled up Hero is the best landing
place on the coast anywhere South OF
Deep River. A bluff Of seven feet in
height on the beach, rises thence until
at a distance Of about 100 feet back it
attans an elevation ofGflccn feet (whcre
we have lot for II warehoule for the
use of settlors) and for eight miles back
there is scarcely any water but such as
is running in beautiful creeks, with
rocky beds, and water as clear as crystal
and cool enough to be quite palatable.
The location we have selected for sci.
Element is about four or five miles back
of"Cattie Landing" and is ACCESSIBLE
by truck-path over high rich country,
possessing the superior advantage Of
available water communication all the
year by both these rivers, and IS withal
in close proximity to the mountains.
Land is beng surveyed TOR 81 families,
some Of whom are on the spot, and the
rest are awaiting in Belize for. prepare.
tons to bo made for their reception here
next week. A full party of engineers,
running three transits are now in the
field under charge of J. e: Smith. G. p
One entire township. between the Rio
Grande aad Moho Rivers is now nearly
surveyed, and .accompanied'by full field
np,s' p Surveys Will also be made,
Without delay, Of such lands as may, in
future, be in demand. We would also
slate that we have seen but few bottle
flies between those rivers, and very few
sand flies, except on the scashore, and
as to mosquitoes, we have seen more on
One acre .of ground in some ofthe woods
in the United States than we have
found on fifty here. The report has
Prevailed to some extent that all the
land this side of the mountains is fat
and swampy aud overllowcd so far as
we have examined, the above report is
Incorrect. 1t is tue there s swampy
land, and some of it overnowed, but
tho proportion is perhaps as small as any
country where the coast is not mountain.
bound, Some of us have examined
: some other portions OF the colony,
say Manatec, South Stann Greek, and
between Middle river and Golden
Stream, where we lave scensome very
good lands and very good settlements.
Some of us arrived hero during the
prevalence Of the oholera, and portion
Of our emigrants suffered from the dis.
case, and six died, but it has entirely
subsidized, and the present health Of the
country is equal to that ofany we have