I can only compare these great aquatic forests of the southern hemisphere, with the terrestrial ones in the intertropical regions.
Geographically the Republic of Guatemala is the heart of intertropical America.
I left the intertropical regions with feelings of regret; the weather had favoured our undertaking, and water had become abundant.
But how very different do we not find the colours of intertropical animals.
In this light, a European colony would be considered by the natives as an inestimable boon to intertropical Africa.