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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Florida tree snail. From Turigano we proceeded to Moron and then 

 to Cunagua, and we next made our headquarters at Central Jaronu 

 on the north side of the Cubitas Mountains. Here we were greatly 

 assisted by the officials of the Central who placed gasoline motor cars 

 and horses at our disposal. From here we were able to explore Paso 

 Tinaja, Paso Escalera, and Paso Lesca. 



The last point of vantage was at Central Senado on the south 

 side of the Cubitas Mountains. Here we reached the high-water 

 mark of our endeavors. W^ith the aid of gasoline cars, automobiles, 



Fig. 69. — A glimpse of the bluffs bordering the Canimar River at Fundador, 

 a tj-pe locality of Pfeiffer. 



horses, and an al>]e guide placed at our disposal by Sr. Jorge B. 

 Sanchez, we explored Loma Sta. Cruz, Caridad de Mendoza, and 

 Los Corrales de Cangilones, as well as the paredones bordering 

 Paso Vereda de Burro, Paso Guanaja, and Paso Paredones, in each 

 of which were made a number of stations. These passes cut through 

 the east end of the Cubitas Mountains and separate them into a series 

 of limestone blocks. The walls rising to a height of several hundred 

 feet are covered with ferns and palms and other tropical vegetation 

 that would delight a botanist's heart, while the birds would fascinate 

 an ornithologist, and nowhere in our entire Cuban experience did we 

 find molluscan life as abundant as here. 



