The principal lagunes in the State of Vera Cruz are:--The Laguna de Tamiahua, the largest on this coast of Mexico, being ten leagues long and eight leagues broad. It has two mouths in the Gulf;--one at the bar of Tamiahua, and the other, further south near the mouth of the small stream of Tuspan. Between these mouths lies the island of Tuspan; while the two islands of _Juan Ramirez_ and _El Toro_ are found in the lake or lagune itself. The next lagune in importance is that of Tampico, four leagues long and three broad; and besides this, there are--the _Lagunas_ de Mandingo, of Alvarado, (which is subdivided into eight smaller lagunes,) of Catemaico, Alijoyúca, and Tenango. There are several mineral springs in this State, and at Atotonilco, near Calcahualco, in the district of Cordova, there are warm baths which are celebrated for their efficacy in nervous and rheumatic diseases. There are mineral waters also near the hacienda of Almágros, in the district of Acayucam, and other warm springs near Aloténgo in the district of Jalanzingo, whose qualities have not yet been ascertained by chemical analysis. The population has been estimated by recent writers at near 251,000; which distributed over the 5,000 square leagues will give about 50 inhabitants to the square league. According to our estimate in the chapter on population, the number may be set down at [Illustration: JALAPA.] 270,000. The milder regions about Jalapa and Orizaba are more thickly peopled, than the comparatively sterile and sickly shores of the gulf. The population is composed of mixed races:--Creoles, Indians, Havanese, Foreigners, and a few Negroes. The State of Vera Cruz is divided into four Departments and twelve districts, with 103 municipalities and 1,370 village jurisdictions. 1st. The Department of Jalapa, with two districts or cantons, viz:--1st, _Jalapa_, including the capital of that name,--thirty-one villages, fourteen haciendas and sixteen ranchos;--and 2d, _Jalanzingo_, with the towns of Perote and Jalanzingo, five villages, seven haciendas and thirty-three ranchos. 2d. The Department of Orizaba, with three districts or cantons: 1st, _Orizaba_, including the city of that name,--Sougolican, twenty-seven villages, six haciendas and fifty ranchos. 2d, _Cordova_, including the city of that name, and the towns of Coscomatepec and San Antonio Huatusco,--twenty villages, twenty-eight haciendas 237 ranchos,--and 3d, _Cosamaloapan_, with eight villages, five haciendas and forty-one ranchos. 3d. The Department of Vera Cruz with four districts or cantons: 1st, _Vera Cruz_, including the capital of that name, with Alvarado and Medellin, 21 haciendas, 149 estancias, and 600 ranchos. 2d, _Misantla_, with four villages, two haciendas, and thirty-four ranchos. 3d, _Papantla_, with thirteen villages, seven ranchos and the hacienda de Norias. 4th, _Tampico_, with Tampico and Panuco,--seven villages, thirty-nine haciendas and forty-one ranchos.