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Fable of. Contents. 



Page. 



Introduction 6 



Character of soil, and its bearing on possible methods 



of amelioration 8 



The salt content of the marsh soils, and its relation to 



the production of cane 14 



A. Cano de Tiburones 



First series of analyses 21 



Second series of analyses 3 1 



Third series of analyses 37 



B. Other marshes 39 



reclamation of the marshes ....... 40 



