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from the Department of Agriculture during the months of June 
and July, 1901. The accompanying map sketch will show the 
the months of June and July, is directly under a vertical sun at 
noonday, but in spite of that circumstance the heat is less bur- 
densome than during the same months in New York city, owing 
to several ameliorating conditions among which are sea breezes, 
shorter days, and longer and cooler nights. In the higher alti- 
there is no reason why this new possession should not prove a 
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Fic. 14. Map-sketch of Porto Rico, The dotted line shows the itinerary of 
expedition. 
After a call on Dr. Stahl, the only resident botanist on the 
island at Bayamon, we took our first trip into the interior, going 
by rail to Arecibo, and on horseback to Utuado, Lares, and Sa 
Sebastian successively. On this north side of the island is a long 
stretch of low land mostly used far epee cattle and horses, 
and for plantations of sugar cane which forms the second most 
prominent agricultural product of the island. 
