coast the heat is excessive, and all who are able escape from it into the interior.
The State of Sinaloa is divided into three departments:—
1st. The department del Fuerte, with three cantons, viz: Fuerte, Alamos and Sinaloa.
2d. The department of Culiacan, with two cantons, viz: Culiacan and Cosalá.
3d. The department of San Sebastian, with three cantons, viz: Sebastian, Rosario and Piastla.
The principal streams and rivers of this State are those of las Cañas, or Rio de Bayóna, the boundary line in the direction of Jalisco; the Rosario, and the coast streams of Mazatlan, Piastla, Elota and Tavala. There are besides these the Culiacan or Sacuda, Imaya, Mocorito, Ocroni, del Fuerte and Mayo.
The Indians belong to various tribes. The Coras, Nayarites, and Hueicolhues are found in the south; north of these dwell the Sinaloas, Cochitas and Tubares; and still further north, on the streams of the Ocroni, Ahomé, del Fuerte and Mayo, we find some tribes of Guasáres, Ahomes and Ocronis. The Mayos inhabit chiefly the regions west and north-west of the town of Alamos.
The white inhabitants of this State are chiefly descendants of emigrants from Biscay and Catalonia in Spain.
Sinaloa is regarded as a productive State, and yields good crops of grain in the portions which are easily irrigated. Wheat, Indian corn and barley, together with some cotton, sugar and tobacco, are cultivated successfully; whilst all sorts of fruits and vegetables are found in abundance.