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number of excursions were made on foot into the scrub 
within a short distance of the town, but for distances Lins than 
a mile or two it was found better to employ a horse and wagon, 
and trips were made in this manner to Salt Pond Hill, the Upper 
Savannah and the Salt Lake, Craig’s Pond and the Lower 
Savannah. 
The first of the long trips, occupying six days, was devoted to 
an exploration of the north side of Great Inagua and to the south 
and west coasts of Little Inagua. Our first landing was made 
Great Inagua, at a point a little to the southward of Blakeville, 
which is not far from Northwest Point. From our point of land- 
ing a road leads into the interior, winding through the scrub, and 
finally entering the Lower Savannah. We found much of inter- 
est along this road. Especially noteworthy was Tripsacum dac- 
tyloides L., the gama grass, as this was its only occurrence on the 
islands noted by us, and it later proved to be an addition to the 
known flora of the Bahamas. It grew in rather low places in 
the scrub, where there was more water and soil than usual. 
ur first near view of the savannah son ion was oe 
when the path suddenly ee the wer Sav: he 
name is indicative of the character of ae region, for i it is a flat 
rassy plain, devoid of timber, with the tae of small areas, 
alled coppices, which will be described late 
After continuing for about a mile and a half pretty thoroughly 
exploring this part of the savannah, we returned to the sloop. 
Ww nded Northwest Point and proceeded through Al- 
fred Sound to Sheep Cay, which is about fourteen miles from 
Mathew Town 
The chaniiel: separating Sheep Cay from the mainland is per- 
haps three quarters of a mile wide. A little over an hour of the 
day remaining to us before sundown, we determined to explore 
this cay at once. It is practically the only one of any size near 
these shores, and a description of it therefore will be of interest. 
It is a quarter of a mile long or a little more, its width being 
somewhat less than its length. Like the mainland, it is com- 
posed entirely of a porous limestone rock, ruinous to shoes and 
wearing apparel. The surface is perfectly flat, and lies only a 
