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PLATE 87 



Fig. 185 The entrance to Port Utria, Colombia, is narrow, but deep. Hills are 

 clothed with the luxuriant foliage of the tropical rain forest which ex- 

 tends to the water's edge. The few sand beaches are backed with 

 groves of coconut palms beneath which are located native dwellings. 

 Chart 85, p. 411. 



Fig. 186 Beneath the roots of the coconut palm trees at Port Utria, Colombia, 

 were found giant burrowing land crabs, while the forest in the interior 

 abounded with tropical birds and butterflies. Rainfall in this region is 

 almost incessant. Chart 85, p. 411. 



PLATE 88 



Fig. 187 Sea arch located at the north end of Gorgona Island, Colombia. It is 

 one of a series of sea stacks composed of basaltic lava. Chart 87, p. 412. 



Fig. 188 Rocky beach at Gorgona Island, Colombia, overgrown with dense 

 tropical foliage. Chart 87, p. 412. 



PLATE 89 



Fig. 189 The village of Cape San Francisco, Ecuador, as little touched by civili- 

 zation as any visited by the Velero III. Elevation of the bamboo and 

 thatched houses to the second-story level is practiced in view of the 

 abundant rainfall and consequent rapid runoff from the hillsides above 

 in rainy periods. 



Fig. 190 The lagoon at Cape San Francisco communicates with the sea by a 

 narrow estuary which is navigable to small craft at high tide. Ecua- 

 dorian fishermen sail their tiny fishing vessels into the lagoon and 

 beach them during stormy weather. Chart 88, p. 412. 



PLATES 90, 91 



Fig. 191 (A panorama.) Punta Brava, most westerly promontory of the Santa 

 Elena Peninsula, Ecuador. Several ancient shore lines are seen on the 

 promontories in the background. The reef in the foreground was an 

 exceedingly profitable collecting locality for the marine zoologists. 

 (Photographs by W. L. Schmitt.) 



Fig. 192 Hancock Expedition members launching a native canoe through the 

 surf at La Plata Island, Ecuador. Chart 90, p. 412. 



Fig. 193 La Libertad, Ecuador, seaport of the Santa Elena Peninsula, at which 

 ocean-going tankers take on oil from refineries located across the penin- 

 sula at Ancon. Native dwellings are constructed of bamboo and thatch 

 and are invariably elevated. Chart 89, p. 412. 



PLATE 92 



Fig. 194 Manta, Ecuador, a thriving seaport town of the province of Manibi. 

 Houses are made for the most part of bamboo, which is known locally 

 as Guayaquil cane. Cathedral spires dominate the landscape. Chart 90, 

 p. 412. 



Fig. 195 The city of Guayaquil, located on the Guayas River about 40 miles 

 from its mouth. It is the largest city in Ecuador, and from it a railroad 

 leads to Quito, the capital, 300 miles inland and 9,000 feet high. 



