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Isle of Pines (Evangelista of Columbus), situated about 
of shall 
te) ie south est-central Cuba, oss th , key: 
dotted Bay of Batabano, and politically a part of the Province 
of Havana, is about iles in length breadth, with a long 
peninsula projecting northwestwardl m its hwestern 
part, terminating i nta Frances. Climatically, the i 
less sharply divided into a season, wi equent 
rains fro il November, a dry season, with in- 
frequent showers from December to April; the dry season ma: 
take is year, the features of an acutely prolonged 
ght, desiccating vegetation S ive manner an 
endangering garden and agricultural operations unless a water 
ic a 
supply is bp csimges and Reming eee for aaa aia forest 
ous manner. The winter climate is delightful; the island ie 
sufficiently south to intercept the Caribbean breezes, an is 
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is. osquitoes are few, but midges are irritatingly abundant, 
and ticks « can is ened in ey grounds ected ry cattle 
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Other 
nor eessodiles-« can be seen now except after careful ene 
of lagoon thicke 
he southern, fale known, one third of the island is effectually 
separated from the northern tw mangrove swamps 
and lagoons varying width, intersected by a k of 
channels termed ‘‘Cienega de Lanier” (Lanier’s S A 
Lanier was ch consul of Trinidad, ; he visited the 
eason. 
projected across a ca. This portion of the island nae 
