.'.Mi CUBA AND POKTO 1UCO 



the Pacific; for Agassiz's researches have shown that their 

 bottoms arc still inhabited by the old marine life which 

 began further back in geologic time than is recorded in 

 the rocks of the surrounding lands. 



In conclusion we can only say that the West Indian 

 history, although peculiar and still largely uninterpreted, 

 shows no evidence that these islands were ever in any 

 manner connected with the North American continent. 



