FEBRUARY 26, 1912] A FascrcLE or Panawaw Figs 1367 
“The stream in general fills the entire cavern between usually 
straight walls, and there are no navigable side openings of any 
importance, so that there is no difficulty in following the channel. 
The water is fresh, and at the time of this survey was flowing 
in a gentle current hardly exceeding half a mile an hour. There 
are marks on the side walls indieating that the flood level may 
be 4 or 5 feet higher than when the survey was made. At places 
water drips from the roof in small quantities, but in general 
the cavern is dry. The air is pure and cool, and at a number 
of places a gentle downstream breeze is noted. At the upper 
end of the stream are small fish, doubtless blind, as the 
flash of an eleetrie lamp within a distance of one foot caus- 
ed no movement. Just inside the entranee are thousands of 
swallows and bats, but after a distance of 300 or 400 meters 
their number diminishes. They are quite rare in the upper 
sections.” 
Soon after landing in Puerto Princesa my botanical supplies 
were transferred to a small provincial craft called‘‘Florencia” 
and after two days and nights I landed at Point Sir J. Brookes 
at about the middle of February last year. This place is a short 
level coral extension cleared of its beach forests and under- 
growth except the large trees of Sterculia foetida Linn., Ceiba 
pentandra Gaertn. and a few other tree species. At present there 
are a few substantial iron roofed buildings and a row of small 
light material houses. The military maintain a small detach- 
ment of troops at this place and with an assistant civil governor 
keep the situation well under control. The government is now 
opening up a bridle trail and telephone line from Puerto Princesa 
southward on the east coast clear down to Bonabona or Marangas 
in San Antonio bay which is situated about 15 miles south of 
Brooks Point. The visitor is pleased with the general view 
from the sea. Its seacoast line is sandy and with coral exten- 
sions into it. For miles, both north and south, there are no 
mangrove nor nipa swamps, only the pure beach type of forests 
1 predominating upon the dry coral sand and gravelly soil Most 
of the trees closely front the water’s edge. Their trunks are stout 
and burly, with low spreading branches. The shining glabrous 
and usually thick foliage forms a dense canopy of green and hid- 
ing the unsightly stems, crooked branches and thick twigs. The 
flowers of many of these beach plants are succulent and their 
