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miles long and scarcely one half as broad. Its southern side is 
made up of a Series of small, flat islands and low, ma ngrove- 
fringed shores, with shallow “salinas” inside. The interior toward 
the north is more elevated and broken up by low hills, none of 
them, probably, exceeding a height of 200 feet. The formation 
is rather soft coralline limestone. I succeeded in touching this 
region at two different points and secured a fairly representative 
collection of plants, but the ela and most hae ay 
tions I was not able to reach. Two small Bahamian tre m- 
mon here and not ee from Gis are pen Sate 
and Jacquinia keyensis ; also a small specimen of the hog cab- 
bage palm, Pseudophoenix Sargentii, In this latter identification 
I was corroborated by a Bahamian negro who seemed familiar 
with this palm and its peculiar economic uses. He also stated 
that a dozen or more large specimens existed toward the western 
end of this island. 
The Sabinal, which is the easternmost of the chain of islands, is 
an aggregation similar to Cayo Guajaba, but is much larger, and 
its northern higher portion, which is made up of a harder ie 
stone rock, is very low and flat. The sea northwestern 
point is pure white sand, extending southward along ee 
Channel for probably half a mile ; to what extent it occurs along 
the sea to the eastward I was unable to ascertain in the limited 
time at my disposal there, but the name Punta Arenas would 
seem to indicate that it was an unusual formation for that region 
of the coast. A tall palm, probably a 7hrinax, and fine trees of - 
the Joe-wood, Jacguinia keyensis, were conspicuous objects in the 
flora, which differed markedly from that of any other region seen 
on my entire trip. A nearly prostrate Chrysobalanus said to bear 
white fruit was widely different in appearance from the black- 
fruited Icaco seen on the edge of the forest on the mainland. A 
small, low hill surrounded by a limited area of palmetto-covered 
savanna on the southwestern end, is probably the highest point 
on this island. The bulk of the island, however, is covered with 
low forest composed largely of small trees of the pigeon plum 
Coccolobis laurifolia, In this forest one finds many small open- 
ings containing palmetto, Pithecolobium, or Acacia coriophylla ; 
