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in the morning we left in a sloop for the town of Bayajibe. This 
is a small coast town on the western side of the peninsula which 
forms the extreme southeastern point of the island. We penetrated 
the interior for some miles at Bayajibe and a large collection 
resulted. he bush here is very dense and many species not 
previously seen were taken, among them live plants of a creeping 
ctus 
We then sailed to the island of Saona, a place reputed to be 
the depository of much ancient wealth. The character of the 
Fic, 5. Salt lake on Saona Island, Santo Domingo. 
vegetation here is much the same as that previously collected at 
Bayajibe, a notable exception being still another palm. This 
plant proved to be Pseudophoenix Sargentii and was found in con- 
siderable quantities. It resembles the royal palm but is much 
smaller. Some interesting saline plants were collected around 
the shores of the salt lake that is situated on Saona island. It 
was deemed inadvisable to sail farther round the east coast of 
Santo Domingo towards Cape Engano, local pilots vouching for 
the high winds at this season of the year. The cruise was ended 
