Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . egion is non-agricultural, but pastoral ; theother combines both industries. Between Guayaquiland Zamborondon the river banks are open, the opensabanas extending away on either hand, terminatingfarther inland in tembladeras. The land does notlend itself to planting, as the river does not carry insuspension here the necessary material to form thebancos as before described ; and when the streamoverflows the turgid waters deposit a fine mud suchas forms the sabanas and sartenjales. In s
Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social development . egion is non-agricultural, but pastoral ; theother combines both industries. Between Guayaquiland Zamborondon the river banks are open, the opensabanas extending away on either hand, terminatingfarther inland in tembladeras. The land does notlend itself to planting, as the river does not carry insuspension here the necessary material to form thebancos as before described ; and when the streamoverflows the turgid waters deposit a fine mud suchas forms the sabanas and sartenjales. In spite ofsome monotony in appearance this district is notlacking in picturesque views, especially when in winterthe sabanas are covered with a green carpet, andthe cattle, which at that season prefer the river banksto the tembladeras, appear by thousands groups of coco-palms, with their gracefulcolumns and feathery foliage, and the sombre mango-trees, which flourish around the haciendas, completethe pleasing picture, and the relative poverty of thesabana plant life is forgotten. The only highland. «O0* w 05O fa facc w E (X) < < < 03 THE GUAYAS AND ESMERALDAS 127 encountered near the river is the cerrlto or smallhill of Calentura, near Guayaquil. Continuing^ the journey up-stream, the RiverBodegas soon becomes half its width, with a con-stant direction to the north-east. On the left hand—that is, on the right bank of the river—another branchof the Vinces is passed, and various islands, one ofwhich, the island of Flores, is six miles long. Variousesteros enter the main channel. At Cabonda theriver curves markedly, and receives the Baba, anothermouth of the Vinces. Near the pueblo of Pimochathe river has of recent years changed its course, asin the case before described. Pimocha is twelvemiles from Zamborondon, and two miles beyondBodegas is reached. The stretch of river betweenthese two last-named places is again characterizedby the bancos formation, givin
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