Perhaps the largest agricultural district in the Republic, it possessed few of the conveniences of modern life.
Under Cordova's administration, vast improvements have been made.

The roads are secure, deeds of violence are rare, the advantages of the district are being rapidly developed, telephone and telegraph have been introduced, and a railroad is talked of.

Although we had no letter from the governor addressed to Senor Cordova, when we showed him the communications for other _jefes_, we were received with the greatest courtesy and everything was done to facilitate our work.

We told him that we planned to visit the Triquis at Chicahuastla.

He at once wrote letters to the town authorities and to Don Guillermo Murcio, living at that village.