Underwood: Wright's explorations in Cuba 295 



Monte Verde :=: Yateras, 



La Guinea = Ongolosongo [Hongolosonga. — EJ. 

 Filantropia 



Nouvelle Sophie = Las Yaguas. 

 Josephina = Ramon] , 



17 My Monte Verde. 

 14 Jl 



I Au Mayari, Mentions conditions of life at Cayo del Rey, where he spent 



some time. 

 i8 Au Llolguin. " Arrived this morning/' 



(Wright apparently crossed the island directly north of Santiago and 

 then along the north side of the island to HolguinJ. 

 22 Au Barajagua. " Left Holguin 19th and arrived here same day." 

 25 Au Hato del Medio. [Four miles N. W. of Alto Cedro — E.] 

 9 S Nouvelle Sophie. '* Arrived in Cuba ( =: Santiago de Cuba) the 6th. 

 13 S Saltadero. 

 15 S Monte Verde. 



18 S Monte Verde. *' Start to-morrow for Nouvelle Sophie, thence to Cuba 



. and Bayamo and I may go from there to Holguin.'' 



19 S Saltadero. 



20aS Saltadero, *' Yesterday started for N. Sophie etc. expecting to get 



money in Saltadero or Cuba, 

 valueless certificate." 



ase 



17 N San Juan de Euenavista. '* S. W. by S. 7 leagues from Bayamo." 



[Probably S. E. instead of S. W., Buena Vista on new map is about 



7 leagues S. E. of Bayamo. — E.j 

 26 N Bayamo. '* Came this morning." * 

 16 D Nouvelle Sophie. ''On my way from Bayamo I turned aside and spent 



two weeks at Bradford's [Filantropia]. Found a few good things at 



La Guinea and Loma del Gato," 

 1 86 1. 4 Ja Monte Verde. 



{* a 



19 Ja 



27 Ja Nouvelle Sophie. 



4 F Monte Verde. 



2 Mr ♦* ** 



13 Mr Potosi (in Mt. Toro). ** I am on an excursion through Monte Libano 



and Monte Toro." [Probably north of Monte Verde. — E.] 



25 Mr La Catalina near Sagua de Tanamo. " Tremendous farallones all 



around us not so easy to climb as you might imagine." 



5 My Monte Verde. .*'.Hope to be off to-day or to-morrow for Baracoa." 



3 Je Baracoa. . **I came from Mata [Probably S, W. of Baracoa; on new 



map, Mata Cafee.- E.] yesterday, a terribly boggy place and appar- 

 ently filthy enough to kill mud- turtles. I stood it two weeks or more 

 and I am in good health." * * * '' The streams are up preventing 

 me going to the Yunque. f So soon as I can I shall pay it a visit, 



*Dr. Gray (Am. Jour. Sci. Ill, 31 : 12, 1886) says '* his kind host, Dr. Don 

 Manuel Yero, assisted him 113 making some profitable mountain excursions." Judging 

 from the above dates these must have been very brief. 



f El Yunque — the anvil — is a flat-topped mountain six miles from Baracoa— one 

 of the most conspicuous features of the sky line of eastern Cuba. 



