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The highest of the benches composed of sea sediments are from 100 

 to 150 feet. These are well exposed around the east point of the island 

 and along the north coast, where they occur in more or less disconnected 



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Figure 10. Benches of the Coastal Plain, St. James. 



patches. The bench at Manchioneal, shown on Plate XVII., is tj'pical of 

 this class. This is a well defined but narrow shoulder projecting from 

 the higher back coast topography, with a vertical sea bluff. At Port 



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Figure 11. Folly Point, Port Antonio, showing Coast Benches. 



Antonio this level is shown at the end of the long peninsula known as 

 Folly Point, upon which the Boston Fruit Company's hotel is situated 

 (Figure 11) as well as in the flat summit of Navy Island, lying a short 



