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PLATE XIII. 



Fig. 1. North Shore of Cuba from Port Padre to Cay Guajaba, showing the harbors 

 of Nuevitas to Padre, and the mode of separation of the shore cays from 

 the main island. 



Fig. 2. The Cays of the North Shore of Cuba, from Cay Guajaba to Cay Coco. 



Fig. 3. The Cays of the North Shore of Cuba from Buenavista Bay to Lanzanillo 

 Cay, and the Boca de Canete. 



Fig. 4. The Western Cays of the North Shore of Cuba, from Boca de Canete, Sagua 

 la Grande to Cardenas Bay. 



Fig. 5. The Cays of the Western Extremity of Cuba and the Colorado Beefs, from 

 Inez de Soto Cay as far as Cape San Antonio. All figures from Hydro- 

 graphic Chart No. 947. 



PLATE XIV. 



Fig. 1. The Cays of the Coast off Sagua la Grande. 



Fig. 2. Cay Confites, one of the outer cays on the edge of the plateau of the north 



shore of Cuba. Admiralty Chart No. 2384. 

 Fig. 3. The Harbor of Baracoa, one of the most easterly indentations of the north 



shore of Cuba. Admiralty Chart No. 435. 

 Fig. 4. Alfred Sound, the reef harbor at the northwestern extremity of Great 



Inagua. Admiralty Chart No. 2022. 

 Fig. 5. Port Guantanamo, a flask-shaped harbor on the south shore of Cuba between 



Cape Maysi and Cape Cruz. Hydrographic Chart No. 377 b . 

 Fig. 6. Port Banes, one of the flask-shaped harbors of the north shore of Cuba, 



Admiralty Chart No. 426. 

 Fig. 7. Port Padre, a characteristic flask-shaped harbor of the north shore of Cuba. 



showing the separation of a part of the shore land by the narrow passage 



connecting Padre and Malagueta forming a cay still closely joined to 



the main island. Admiralty Chart No. 419. 



PLATE XV. 

 iEolian Rocks at the foot of the Queen's Staircase, Nassau. 



PLATE XVI. 

 Distant View of Nassau across the Grantstown Plain 



PLATE XVII. 



Eroded Mangrove Flat off a beach on the south side of New Providence. 



PLATE XVIII. 

 North Shore of New Providence near the Tea House, Nassau. 



PLATE XIX. 



Inland Vegetation. Pine Barren with Palmettos near Lake Cunningham, New 

 Providence. 



PLATE XX. 



Vegetation along the North Shore Road, New Providence, near Nassau. 



