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greater  portion  of  whom  are  Indians,  mixed
breeds,  some  negroes,  chiefly  from  the  West
Indies,  and  perhaps  50,000  whites,  mostly
Europeans  and  Americans.  It  is  bounded  on
the  north  by  Mexico,  on  the  east  by  British
Honduras,  and  Salvador,  while  the  Pacific
forms  its  southern  and  western  boundary.
Salvador  with  an  area  of  7,225  square  miles
is  the  smallest  of  the  Central  American  Republics. ­
  It  has  a  population  of  1,700,000  and
its  people  are  of  a  progressive  type.  There  is
a  large  percentage  of  Indian  and  mixed  blood
among  the  inhabitants  with  a  fair  number  of
whites.  The  Pacific  Ocean  forms  its  southern ­
  boundary,  Guatemala  its  western  and
Spanish  Honduras  its  northern  and  eastern
limits.
Honduras  extends  over  46,250  square  miles,
with  a  population  of  600,000,  chiefly  Indians.
100,000  of  whom  are  uncivilized.  There  are
few  whites  and  many  mixed  breeds.  Its
northern  boundary  is  the  Gulf  of  Honduras,
an  arm  of  the  Caribbean  Sea.  Guatemala  is
on  its  western  frontier,  Salvador,  with  a  bay