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1783-1795 by Mr. Taylor at camp No. 6, in the vicinity of 
Plaisance, at elevations between 2,000-2,200 ft.; 1782 at Bay- 
eux; 1778-1780 at Cocoa Point, over the ee from Cap 
Haitien or six miles; and 1781 at Cap Hai 
On the morning of Atsist 21 we left the Ses for Cap 
Haitien, intending to take there the following day a steamer for 
mie, connecting at that point with the steamer for New York. 
On our arrival at Cap Haitien that afternoon the first news we 
received was that the sailing of the steamer we had come to take 
had been pancelice, and the first steamer would not leave until a 
week later. fter aoe the matter thoroughly, I finally 
decided to charter a schooner and go to Turks Islands, from 
which we were desirous of securing material. These are 117 
miles to the northeast, and I was assured I would catch there an 
early steamer to New York, via the Clyde Line. We left on a 
small schooner, about 48 feet long, at 6 P.M. on August 23. 
After an exciting and rather rough passage of over 48 hours we 
st anchor at Grand Turk at 7:30 P. M. of the twenty-fifth. 
The first Clyde steamer was not expected until the Friday follow- 
ing. She arrived two days late, so it was September 3 before 
set sail for New York. 
and Turk, the largest of the group of three islands and 
re cays, is about seven miles long and with a maximum 
width of about one and a half miles. As in the Inaguas, the 
foundation is coral rock, and upon this are built up ridges of 
: is is eer evident along the eastern coast, which 
is fringed with a line of low hills, perhaps sixty feet high. To 
the west of these and lying between them and the west coast, is 
a low-lying area which has been converted into salt ponds, the 
manufacture of salt from the sea water being the one important 
industry of the island. In the southern a of the island the 
coral rock is at or near the surface, while in the northern 
this is overlaid by a considerable depth of ie Two salt ain 
penetrate the island, one at the southeastern and the other at the 
northern end. The vegetation resembles to a great extent that 
of the Inaguas, but on a smaller scale. One of the commonest 
shrubs is a Pithecolobium, growing sometimes eight to ten feet 
