Nicaragua

Nicaragua, a republic of Central America, extending from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific, between Honduras on the north and Costa Rica on the south. Thirteen miles from the Pacific Ocean, about 25 miles south of the capital, Leon, is the iake Leon, from which a short river leads to Lake Nicaragua, 90 miles in length, which is drained by the river San Juan into the Caribbean Sea at Grey Town or San Juan, the principal port of the state. Cattle are raised on extensive pastures to the east of the lakes, and most of the country is very fertile. Large tracts of forest yield gums and dye-woods. Silver and gold are found.