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Updated: May 11, 2025
The dark masses had rolled away over the south-eastern horizon, and were now spending their fury upon the dyewood forests of Honduras and Tabasco. At our feet lay the prairie, spread before us like a green carpet, and bounded upon the farther side by a dark wall of forest-trees. Several clumps of timber grew like islands on the plain, adding to the picturesque character of the landscape.
This apparently was never done, and some of the cases dragged on for years without the petitioners ever receiving satisfaction. The excuse of the Spaniards for most of these seizures was that the vessels contained logwood, a dyewood found upon the coasts of Campeache, Honduras and Yucatan, the cutting and removal of which was forbidden to any but Spanish subjects.
"It is an aldea on the shore of a lagoon, with a wharf that small boats can reach, about forty miles from here." "Then they take the dyewood off in boats? If there is much of the stuff, it would be a long job." "That is so, señor. The boats can only reach the wharf when the tide is high. At other times, the cargo must be carried down through the mud." "Have you a large chart of this coast?"
Great was the joy of Vespucci when he discovered in the forests large quantities of a sort of red dyewood which was prized very highly by Europeans. This wood, which had hitherto been found only in Eastern countries, was called brazil wood; and because of its abundance there, he gave the name Brazil to that part of the country. The expedition sailed slowly on and at length lost sight of land.
As soon as they entered port, Dick and Jake went to the office of a Spanish shipbroker, who offered them his polite sympathy. "We had very little cargo here, and when he heard there was some dyewood at San Ignacio the captain steamed off again," he explained. "What sort of a port is San Ignacio, and how far is it?" Dick asked.
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