298 Underwood : Wright's explorations in Cuba 



14 F Retire 

 7 Mr 



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ti 



22 Ap 



30 Ap Retire. "On the 25th went to the coast at a point called Daranigan. 



[Point on the coast west from Retiro. — E] 

 7 My Retiro. ** Yesterday went to the hills." 

 19 My Retiro. '* Made an excursion of ten days eastward and southward to 



La Concordia, San Leon, etc." 



27 Jl Habana. *' Came here on the 2lst." 



28 Jl Habana. "Passport in pocket-book, plants boxed ready to embark," 

 1865. 13 Ap Weathersfield, Conn. *' Shall start for Cuba before the end of the 



month. ' ' 



24 Ap Weathersfield, Conn. 



III. 



9 Je* Cayo Bonito, "Down here on the edge of that grand swamp, the 



Cienaga de Zapata just south of Matanzas. 

 18 Je La Fermina ; '* returned yesterday." 

 9 Jl Matanzas. 



24 Jl Janta. ".Came here five or six days ago." . . . '* Stayed some ten or 



twelve days at Palma Sola." [Probably near Matanzas or Jovel- 

 lanos. — E. ] 

 15 Au Matanzas. • 

 4 S Habana. 

 21 S Balestina. [At this place the name is spelled Valestina.] f [Province 



of Pinar del Rio.— E.J 



23 O 

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t( 



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1866. 25 Ja '* 



13 F 



17 F « 



IS Mr Retiro. 

 25 Mr << 



3 Ap Retiro, 



8 Ap Toscano 



14 Ap *« 

 29 Ap " 



2 Je Retiro. ** Left Toscano at 3 m. and arrived here about sunset." 

 15 Je Retiro. '*\Vent to Rangel on the 8th" • • • ♦*i7£ went again to San 



Cristobal on the loth." 



4 Jl Retiro. 



23 Jl 

 8 Au ** 



14 Au Retiro. " Have been making short excursions of two or three days at a 



time into the palm and pine savannas near the coast." 



of 



Dr. Gray /oca'/, speaks of this third trip as commenced *'in the autumn 

 1865." In Gray's letter to Charles Wright (Letters, 2 : 540) he mentions receiving 

 a letter from Wright at Habana dated May 9ih. 



jGray /oc. cit. says **Balestena" and speaks of it as **a cattle farm at the 

 southern base of the mountains opposite Bahia Honda." 



