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alternate with basin-like swales and glades; they are mainly of 
gentle contour, though locally we see bold cliffs, precipitous to 
the water. The coast lines, while mainly rocky, are locally white 
sand beaches, extending in some places a considerable distance 
back from the sea; the harbors and Sound are irregular in out- 
line, dotted with numerous islets. Over all is spread wae seems 
from the sea a dark green mantle broken only by the white 
limestone houses which dot it very conspicuously. This mantle 
is the Bermuda red cedar, one of the most characteristic nat- 
ural features ; after exploring a little, the mantle is seen to be 
not quite as continuous as it at first appears, but there are doubt- 
less more individual red cedar trees than of all other kinds of 
identical with those of Florida and the West Indies, fringe the 
nks of coves and creeks and the borders of salt and brackish 
marshes. The rarest trees of the islands are the olive-wood 
(Alacodendron sp.), the yellow-wood (Fagara flava), nettle-tree 
(Celtis sp.) and the wild red penne: (Morus sp.), now confined 
oO a very interesting ridge f Harrington Sound, which 
harbors also numerous kinds - nee and mes plants as well, 
oe rare and pane ferns and mosses, hidden away in 
the caves and crevices which abound in this. interesting region, 
“hows 6 as the “ Walsingham Tract”; it was made a special study 
by Governor Lefroy, who, writing in 1879, says: “This remark- 
able region is a narrow ridge, about two miles long and from a 
quarter to half a mile wide, which separates Castle Harbor from 
Harrington Sound, and does not altogether comprise above 200 
acres. It contains nearly the whole of the indigenous vegetation 
of the group 
Such a unique region must always be a place of great interest, 
and it should be preserved in its natural condition as a point of 
attraction and reverence. Since Governor Lefroy’s writing, it 
has become menaced by cultivation, pe ree operations being 
now in progress at points within very short distances of some of 
its best natural features. ‘Walsingham Park’ would at once 
become an additional attraction to, visitors and its cost might 
