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difficulty that we reached the home of his friend, where I hired 
two mules, divided our water-soaked collections, and proceeded 
to Baracoa, arriving there late at night. The region passed 
through is a very rough one after leaving Sabanilla, between 
which and Baracoa a good road leads up the valley of Rio Miel, 
through a gravelly and conglomerate region. The hills south 
of Sabanilla are of serpentine formation, reaching an altitude of 
about 1,000 feet; many of the higher ones are covered with 
earthy, red limonite supporting groves of Pinus cubensis. South 
of the divide the soil is light-yellow, containing numerous small 
angular particles of milky-white quartz and supporting a rich 
vegetation. 
n the evening of the next day, I embarked for Guantanamo, 
reaching the port of Caimanera on the morning of February 3 and 
Guantanamo that evening. The next day being Sunday, I could 
not get my baggage until Monday morning. I occupied the time 
until February 6 in drying the wet material brought from Baracoa 
and making arrangements to get into the hills to the northward. 
In the latter, our very good friend, Mr. Theodore Brooks, 
aided me greatly. 
Leaving Guantanamo in the morning with a guide, two horses, 
and a pack animal, I arrived at La Perla, an extensive coffee 
estate in the prosperous times before the Ten Years War and 
adjoining Monte Verde, another coffee estate, famed as being 
the eastern headquarters of Mr. Charles Wright. The region is 
of Citrus and an occasional Jforus, prominent members of the sec- 
ond growth. The altitude is about 2,000 feet; the atmosphere is 
very humid and it is said to rain about three hundred days in 
the year. Ferns, orchids, and Peperomias abound everywhere 
and the forest floor is covered with a luxuriant growth. There 
are large groves of Palma Bobo, Euturpe sp. The high and 
extensive limestone cliffs known as the Farallones de La Perla, 
with its various and peculiar exposures, supported a rich and 
interesting flora. A small area of serpentine formation a few 
miles northward is covered by a pine-land flora. Monte Verde 
