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Baracoa to Banes. 



Plate I.; Plate XIV. Figs. 3, 6; Plate XL.I. 



We reconnoitred the north shore of Cuba from Baracoa to .Havana, 

 reaching the former place from Ragged Island. Baracoa is a small har- 

 bor, eroded out of the first terrace in a gap of the shore hills caused 

 by the drainage of the country behind it (Plate XIV. Fig. 3). The en- 

 trance is narrow, flanked on either side by well worn and honeycombed 



ELEVATED REEF (SOBORCCO), ENTRANCE OF BARACOA. 



reef rocks. To the south of the entrance the platform of the first ter- 

 race extends for nearly a mile, and upon the inner edge, at the foot of 

 the cliffs of the second terrace, around Miel Bay, the town of Baracoa 

 is situated. The second and third terraces can be seen plainly, and the 

 small fort which commands the harbor is built upon the second terrace. 

 Traces of the third terrace can also be seen on the hill to the north of 

 the entrance to the harbor. A river is banked off from the bay by a 

 beach thrown up by surf, so that it does not empty directly into the bay, 

 but runs parallel with the shore for the greater part of its circumference, 

 emptying finally into the southeast corner of the port, where it is pro- 

 tected from the swell of the sea. 



The first terrace of the elevated reef of Baracoa presented the same 

 features which had so greatly interested us when examining the reef at 

 Saboney. We found huge masses of Astrseans, of Mseandrinso, of Mad- 

 repores, of Allopora, apparently all in place as they grew, and likewise 



