. The gate of the Pacific . {. QC THE SAN JUANILLO. 255 miles above Greytown. It is very narrow and very shal-low, and the entrance is almost hidden by a small a quarter of a mile above it the river takes abend (vide plan), and it is proposed to cut a canal fromthe bight of this bend through the intervening land tothe San Juanillo. This idea seemed to be more feasiblethan the damming proposition; that is to say, it might bedone for very much less money; and as the course of theSan Juanillo is more direct than that of the San Juan,the water might be kept within bounds by the aid of
. The gate of the Pacific . {. QC THE SAN JUANILLO. 255 miles above Greytown. It is very narrow and very shal-low, and the entrance is almost hidden by a small a quarter of a mile above it the river takes abend (vide plan), and it is proposed to cut a canal fromthe bight of this bend through the intervening land tothe San Juanillo. This idea seemed to be more feasiblethan the damming proposition; that is to say, it might bedone for very much less money; and as the course of theSan Juanillo is more direct than that of the San Juan,the water might be kept within bounds by the aid ofa few groups of piles driven judiciously at prominentpoints: however, a careful survey of the stream must bemade before a decisive opinion can be given, and this Ihad not time to effect either going or returning. Thedistance by the San Juanillo to Greytown would beabout eighteen miles. Here I observed the first appear-ance of rock, in the shape of a few boulders on thepoint. Abreast of the San Juanillo is a very nice little pl
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