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INDEX. 



Paso la Chorrera, section of Cercado forma- 

 tion near 68, 71-72 



Pedernales, geographic features near 49 



roads and trails to 40, 197 



Pena, Oligocene rock3 and fossils found near 63, 107 



Penon, location of 195 



Peridotite, description of 84, 85 



Perseverancia mine, map of Sierra Prieta at 



(PI. XXII) 232 



Petroleum, occurrence of 219, 225-226, 243 



tests of, results of 225 



Physiography, results ot work on 15 



Physiographic provinces, map showing 



(PI. I) 28 



Pico del Yaque, height of 33 



Piedra Blanca, Eocene rocks near 59-60 



Plaisance, Eocene rocks at and near 58, 200 



Plaisance limestone, exposures of 58 



fossils from 58 



Plant-bearing beds at Sanchez, character of.. 70, 184 



Platanito district, gold in _ 242 



Platinum, recovery of from stream gravels.... 232 



reported occurrence of 242 



Pleistocene (?) beach deposits, occurrence of_ 175 



Pleistocene or later deposits, fossils from 103- 



104, 166-168 

 Pleistocene or Recent terraces and coral 



reefs, occurrence of 184-185 



Pleistocene time, events of 81 



Pliocene rocks and fossils, occurrence of 76 



103, 165, 175, 184, 201 



Pliocene series, character of 76 



correlation of (table) 57 



folding in _ 79 



Pliocene time, events of 81 



Pliocene or Miocene deposits, Province of 



Samana, fossils from 103, 165, 184 



Pliocene or Pleistocene deposits, Province of 



Monte Cristi, fossils from 103, 165 



Point Espada, reference to 47 



Potassium, deposits of 245 



Port-au-Prince, Eocene rocks near 58, 200 



Potrero, Miocene fossils found at and near.... 72 



130, 133-145, 147 



Precipitation, Azua and Barahona provinces 197 



Puerto Escondido, geology near 220 



location of 40 



population of 195 



roads to 179 



Puerto Plata, Eocene rocks near 59 



geographic features near 46 



Puerto Plata Bay, date of depression forming 82 



features of 45-46 



Quaternary coral reef on 76 



Puerto Plata Province, Eocene rocks and 



fossils found in 59, 105 



Oligocene rocks and fossils found in 63, 111 



Punta Avareua, geography of region near 48 



Punta Beata, geography of region near 48, 49 



Punta Calderas, reference to 48 



Punta Cafia, volcanic rocks at and near.... 203, 211 

 Punta de la Boca del Infierno, limestone 



from, tests of, as road metal 248 



Punta de los Corozos, coral limestone at 185 



Punta de Santa, coral limestone of 185 



Punta de Santa Paula, Tertiary clay beds at 



and near 184 



Punta Gorda, coral limestone at 185 



oyster-bearing limestone near, age of.... 184 

 Punta Martin Garcia, geography of region 



near 4g 



Punta Palenque, geographic features near.... 4g 



Punta Salinas, geography of region near 48 



Quartz diorite, features of 84,85, 171,202 



Quartz diorite gneiss, description of 84 



Quaternary system, deposits and fossils of 76, 



77, 202 



Quita Coraza, deposits near 208 



roads to 196 



stratigraphic sections near 66, 207 



Railroads, routes of 43-44 



Rainfall, Azua and Barahona provinces 197 



Rancho Espanol, coralliferous limestone 



near, age of 184 



Rancho Viejo, Eocene rocks and fossils found 



near 60 



106,199-200,213,220 



trail to 40 



Rathbun, M. J., acknowledgments to 89 



Recent alluvium, deposits of 175,185 



Reef corals, view of (PI. XVII, B) 198 



Restauracion, basal rocks exposed near 52 



trail to 36 



Results of survey, outline of 15-17 



Rincon, gypseous beds at 213 



Rincon Bay, features of 46 



Rio Albano, Cercado formation on 69 



Miocene fossils found on 97, 114, 116-124 



Rio Amina, character of 42 



Miocene fossils found on 130, 133-147 



Oligocene rocks on 62 



Rio Artibonito, character and course of 36, 42 



Rio Bahoruco, boulders of igneous rock in.... 222 



location of 190 



structure near 221 



Rio Bao, Oligocene fossils found on 107 



Rio Bani, reference to 42 



Rio Boba, course of 43 



Rio Canni, location of 41 



Rio Cana, Cercado formation on 69 



character of 42 



Eocene rocks and fossils found near.... 106, 200 



length of 189 



Miocene fossils found on 97, 114-125, 151 



section of Cercado formation on 68 



Rio Ceiba, length of 189 



Rio Chacuey, basil rocks exposed near 51 



Rio Chavon, reference to 42 



Rio Cito, location of 190 



Rio de los Cocos, analysis of water from 254 



Rio de las Cuevas, features of 42 



length of 189 



rocks and fossils found on and near 109 



155, 157-162, 200, 206, 209, 212 



structure near 209 



Rio de las Damas, course and features of 43, 190 



Rio de los Patos, location of 190 



