SAN FELIPE.
267
Eighteen miles to the east of Puerto Cahello of
Ocumare with two thousand
The modern province
from the
San centre
San Felipe and Yaritagua.
Felipe, the capital, situated almost exactly in the
of the
commodiously situated their stores there,
tlie village
inliabitants.
of Cocoroto
trade with the interior, built
for
its
name
amount
and carries
to the province,
Fifteen miles to the north runs the river Aroa,
by which the copper from the mines of Aroa, a
The copper of Ai-oa
and of Europe, but the
Felijie
is
is
EngHshmen
village six
brought down to
which
it is
Coquimbo
fomid
is
ex-
that which intervenes between
and Puerto Cabello.
the massacre of
is
superior to that of
district in
tremely unliealthy, as indeed
San
up
of merchandize in small vessels
leagues to the north-west of San Felipe, the sea.
gi'ew
Six miles to the east flows the river
Yaracui, which gives considerable
finding
and the town of San Felipe
under their support.
to the sea.
eight thousand
province, has
The Guipuzcoan Company
down a
detachmg
b}^
Nirqua and Montalban, and
districts of
hitter those of
the town.
of Yaracui has been formed out of
the provinces of Carabobo and Barquisimeto,
from the former the
is
inhabitants.
Ai'oa also is infamous for
there,
who were employed
at
the mines, and were barbarously murdered by the native
miners some years ago.
A raih-oad from
Puerto Cabello to
San Felipe has been commenced, and would prove of im-
mense advantage
to the country, but this useful
work
is at
present suspended. Yaritagua, about twenty-six miles to the south of San
Fehpe, and Montalban, at the same distance to the southeast,
have a population respectively of about three and two
thousand.
Yaritagua
is
hot but healthy, and
is
well placed