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From Matapalo westward toward Burica Point we see the first. exten- 
sive streteh of swamp level, along this coast. 
This, together with 
Figure 18. Salsipuedes Point. 
other topographic features of the region, is well illustrated upon the 
hydrographic chart of the Gulf of 
Dulce. This swamp level is identical 
in character with the Isthmian fea- 
tures, and from its aspect I could con- 
sider it to be a littoral sea margin of 
recent elevation. Back of this swamp 
with its bordering lagoon are the high 
hills of the Dulce peninsula, rising to 
1,600 feet in height. 
Subsequently we passed Point Salsi- 
puedes, with its small outlying rocky 
Figure 19. Cucovada Rock, near 
Peninsula of Salsipuedes. 
islets as if they had been recently separated from the mainland. One 
of these, known as Cucovada Rock, has a 
Бісвве 20. Waterfall into Pacific Ocean near 
Lorena Point. 
mushroom form, the waves 
having eroded its basal por- 
tion so that only a small 
pedestal is preserved as a 
central support to the over- 
hanging ledges of the sum- 
mit, which is of the Panama 
peneplain level Similar 
outlying islands are seen off 
Lorena Point. Just before 
yeaching the latter we pass 
many miles of vertical wave- 
cut bluffs the sea appar- 
ently encroaching directly on the mountain country, without the 
intervention of the lower levels. At one point a beautiful waterfall 
can be seen dropping from the summit of the bluff into the sea. 
