Crossword-Solution: GUAYAS 6 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

Guayaquil.--First and Last Impressions.--Climate.--Commerce.--The Malecon.--Glimpse of the Andes.--Scenes on the Guayas.--Bodegas.--Mounted for Quito.--La Mona.--A Tropical Forest.

But if the weather be rainy when it ought to be fair, or if the rains of winter be heavier than ordinary, the blame is invariably laid on the moon."] [Footnote 7: The turkey-buzzard, the "John Crow" of the West Indies, is not a social bird, though a score are often seen together: each comes and goes by himself.] The Guayas is the largest river on the Pacific coast; and Guayaquil monopolizes the commerce of Ecuador, for it is the only port.

The green banks of the Guayas, covered with an exuberant growth, are in strong contrast with the sterile coast of Peru, and the possession of Guayaquil has been a coveted prize since the days of Pizarro.

The _cacao de arriba_, from up the River Guayas, is the best to export, as it keeps two years without damage.

The British steamers from Panama and Payta arrive weekly; Yankee steam-boats make regular trips up and down the Guayas and its tributaries; half a dozen sailing vessels, principally French, are usually lying in the stream, which is here six fathoms deep; and hundreds of canoes are gliding to and fro.