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several short stops at points eastward of Paredone Grande, but 
their exact position I was unable to ascertain except that we 
passed inside the Cayo Anton and Cayo Caiman and many other 
smaller low islands, reaching a landing place at the west end of 
Cayo Cruze by evening. Next morning I crossed this cay to 
the seaward side which is low flat white sand with the usual 
plants of such a region. The south side, upon which we landed, 
is flat lime rock covered with the usual shrubby growth found 
in such situations. The afternoon was spent on shore caring 
for the collections, it being one of the few bright and rainless 
days experienced on the entire trip. Toward evening we crossed 
over to Cayo Romano in order to examine the low hill known as 
Alto Aji, and anchored for the night at a short distance from its 
base. 
The morning of October 28 was mostly devoted to an examina- 
tion of the eastern end of this hill, which is about one and one 
fourth or two miles long and probably not over a mile wide at 
any point. Beginning at the water's edge it rises gradually to 
a height of 40 or 50 feet, and is like the other elevations that were 
loose surface rock is quite fertile and some medium-sized trees 
occur among the tall shrubbery. Numerous seedlings of Pseudo- 
phoenix Sargenitt oécur on the north slope, but fruiting specimens 
to Cayo Cruze, landing at the mouth of the channel which the 
maps show as cutting the cay into two parts. Its outer end, 
however, was found to be closed up entirely by drifting sand, 
although the southern end was comparatively deep. A decaying 
dock, the ruins of a rather large house, and us cocoanut trees 
were some of the indications that the place was once the preten- 
tious home, probably of a sponge merchant. Several small grassy 
plots, and fresh-water pools surrounded by cyperaceous plants, 
and a good fresh-water spring were some of the features that 
marked this spot as an unusual one for this region. Towards the 
sea was a low sandy plain, the sand being piled up into low 
irregular ridges and often packed into angular rock-like masses 
