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432 the coast, of being as well provided with all necessary supplies as the Capital itself.

Similar advantages have been dealt out to the whole Mexican territory, by the Congress, with no sparing hand. The whole line of coast, from the extremity of the Peninsula of Yŭcătān, to the boundary of the United States, is already frequented by foreign vessels; and, in due succession, from South to North, the ports of Sĭsăl, Cămpēchĕ, Isla del Cārmĕn, Guăsăcŏalcŏ, Ălvărādŏ, Vĕrăcruz, Tūspăn, Pūēblŏ, Vīejŏ de Tămpīcŏ, Tămpīcŏ de las Tămăulīpăs, Sŏtŏ lă Mărīnă (or Săntāndĕr), Rĕfūgĭŏ, Săn Bĕrnārdŏ, and Galveston, have been thrown open to the Trade with Europe, and already serve as a medium of communication with the Table-land.

This, again, has led to the establishment of depôts, unconnected with the Capital, in the more Central and Northern Provinces, which receive their supplies direct from the nearest port.

Thus, San Luis Pŏtŏsī has become the depôt for Tămpīcŏ and Sŏtŏ lă Mărīnă, from which it is about as far distant as Mexico is from Veracruz, (one hundred leagues), whereas goods received through Veracruz and the Capital, would have to pay a land-carriage of two hundred and twenty leagues before reaching San Luis.

Cătōrcĕ is supplied in like manner, from Sŏtŏ lă Mărīnă: Săltīllŏ, Mŏntĕrĕy, and Mŏnclōvă, from Rĕfūgĭŏ; and Texas, from the Bay of Galveston, and the Port of San Bĕrnārdŏ, between which places