Note XXXII-15 — Chapter XXXII · INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. 1800-1887.
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The cotton is of superior quality, and grown in considerable quantities; the cacao is second only to Soconusco; the sugar-cane is indigenous, and yields beautiful sugar; the indigo has a high reputation; the coffee is fully as good as Costa Rica's, and flourishes well in the higher grounds. The same may be said of tobacco. Maize and rice grow in perfection and abundance. Stout's Nic., 73-85, 345-53; Dunlop's Cent. Am., 265-7; Baily's Cent. Am., 120-4; Squier's Cent. Am., 363-4, 377-8, 663; Id., Trav., i. 34-9, 158-63; Id., Nic., 620-2; Lévy, Nic., 458-81; Wells' Hond., 141-3; Id., Walker's Exped., 116; Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 77-80; U. S. Gov. Doc., H. Ex. Doc., 75, 210-12, 216, vol. x. Cong. 31, Sess. 1; Pan. Star and Herald, March 13, 1886.