CONTENTS. 



THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. 



Configuration of the coast line, page i ; Vegetation, 2 ; Homosassa River, 3 ; 

 Cheeshowiska River, 4; Nummulitic deposits, 6; Animal life, 7; Anclote Keys, 7 ; 

 Tampa and Hillsboro Bays, 9; Ballast Point, 10; Manatee River, 12; SarasotaBay, 14; 

 Fossil man, 15; Little Sarasota Bay, 16; Gasparilla Inlet, 18; Charlotte Harbor, 21. 



THE CALOOSAHATCHIE. 



Characters of the stream, 22; Natural history of the, 24; Geological features, 

 26 ; Fort Myers, 26 ; Thorpe's, 28 ; " Floridian " formation, 29 ; Fort Thompson 

 Limestone, 32. 



THE OKEECHOOBEE WILDERNESS. 



Okeechobee canal, 34; Alligators, 35; Lake Hikpochee, 36; Everglades, 37; 

 Fauna of the canal, 38. 



LAKE OKEECHOBEE. 



Geography of the lake, 39; Physical features, 41; Observation Island, 43; 

 Taylor's Creek, 44; Vegetation, 45; Animal life, 46; Alligators, 47; Serpents, 48 ; 

 Fauna of the lake, 50. 



GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Historical survey, 52; Outline of formations, 56; Coral theory of growth, 56; 

 Geology of the Homosassa (Oligocene), 3, 57; of the Cheeshowiska (Nummulitic), 6, 

 57; of the Pithlachascootie (Oligocene?), 60; Ballast Point, Hillsboro Bay (Miocene), 

 10, 6 1 ; Hillsboro River, 12, 62; Manatee River (Miocene), 13,63; Sarasota Bay, 14, 

 64; Little Saratosa Bay (Mio-Pliocene ?), 17, 64A; Caloosahatchie (Pliocene), 28-32, 

 643; General summary and conclusions, 65. 



PALEONTOLOGY OF THE PENINSULA. 



Fossils of the Pliocene deposits ("Floridian") of the Caloosahatchie, 68-104; 

 Miocene fossils of Ballast Point, Hillsboro Bay, 105-123; Fossils from localities north 

 of Ballast Point, 124; Table of Atlantic and Gulf Tertiaries of the United States, 127. 



