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A LI-EN AM) BAKMolR 



Near Sweeting's Village, on July 22<1, we went ashore on ''the 

 main '' in order to visit the caves at Hurricane Hole, — one of which 

 had been inliahited for many years hy a large colony oi hats ( Phyl- 

 l<)in/cf<ris jihinij'mits). At 1 1'. M. of the same <lay we left for 

 Nassau. The wind was shitty and sometimes almost dead ahead, 

 and it was not until midnight that we |iasse<I the light at llole-in- 

 the-W all. At aliout ^J:!-"" i'. m. of July li;)d we again tieil up to the 

 (|Ua\ at Nassau. 



In some of the cuts a|)j)en<ie<l, are shown the main tyjies of vege- 

 tation among the 

 Ualiamas. The text 

 figure illustrates the 

 ojien pine woods 

 with tangled under- 

 growth, characteris- 

 tic of the large is- 

 lands, as Great Ba- 

 hama, Great Ahaco, 

 Little AI)aco, and 

 New Providence. 

 The oiitskirts of 

 these main islands 

 are fre(piently bor- 

 dered with low man- 

 gntve swamps, or 

 more ojien stretches 

 (1>1. 2, Hg. 1) where 

 the liroken surface 

 ot the limestone of- 

 fers little foothold 

 for any l)ut .strag- 

 gling bushes. The 

 wicket-like metho<l 

 in which tin- man- 

 grove bra n c h e s 

 gi-ow is well shown 

 in liguri' 'J i pi. '1 ). 

 Still anotluT type 

 of vegetation is seen among the cays. This is a tangle ol palmettos 



rinr \miimU :iri(l miilfr;;'n)« t li. (iri'itt HmIimiiim. 



