. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Uepths. Sands expnped at low water. 5 ta uiiiiis and upwards. I,lf0 Yards. by the Alvarado lagoon, with which it already communicates through a channel about six feet deep. But despite its manifold advantages, Puerto Caballos,being exposed to the attacks of the buccaneers, was long abandoned for the more easily protected port of Omoa, which is approached by a narrow passage six miles farther west. Now, however, Puerto Caballos has resumed its former importance as the terminus of a railway run- ning to San Pedro de Sula for Comayagua, and eventua
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Uepths. Sands expnped at low water. 5 ta uiiiiis and upwards. I,lf0 Yards. by the Alvarado lagoon, with which it already communicates through a channel about six feet deep. But despite its manifold advantages, Puerto Caballos,being exposed to the attacks of the buccaneers, was long abandoned for the more easily protected port of Omoa, which is approached by a narrow passage six miles farther west. Now, however, Puerto Caballos has resumed its former importance as the terminus of a railway run- ning to San Pedro de Sula for Comayagua, and eventually for the Pacific coast. Naco, famous at the time of the conquest, has disappeared, but it probably stood at the mouth of the Chamelicon.
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