60 
slightly reddish, and looks as if it contained a good per cent of 
n ia 
ke avanna was only a ‘““helechal” or fern field—in the 
all other ki hake f vegetation. A storm surprised mos 
ty 
was much nee he nights spent on the top were cold, a 
strong breeze blowing from the sea all the time. The tempera- 
tures maxima and minima observed by Mr. Ballou are as follows: 
Maxima Minima 
July 22 66° F, 52°.,7F. 
July 23 75° 53°) 4 
July 24 64° 50° 
With seen to the altitude, according to our barometers i 
is 203 ,seven y ago, with a good barometer, 
found bak e results rly agree with the altitude 
give e United States Hydr 1 c is o 
by ograph-Office, which is 
bout 2020 meters, (6560 feet), Several expeditions using the 
boiling point of water found altitudes eae between 2300 
and 2400 m. It would be interesting to know the cause of this 
constant discrepancy between the result given by good baro- 
meters and the boiling point of water 
ten A. M. we began che descent, anxious about 
mens left at Estribo Camp, several ae before, and 
pee injured by rain. Mr. Bruner and Mr. Ballou ae 
on the top ull next day to take photographs. We spent the 
ight at amp wher e€ orry to see the big 
package of specimens left under a tree thrown down by wind 
and exposed to We made an arrangement with the two 
practicos go gua in turn to carry the specimens 
rced marches in two da it same day, very interesting 
species were Anas especially by Dr. Ekman, on the cliffs 
of Loma Reg A zanthoxylum, very spiny, a shrubby species 
A 
. Salvia, mets bly own, renaria lanuginosa, an ee 
o Cuban flora, a Rhytidophyllum sp. unknown to us, etc., we: 
ae ed. 
