173 Dominican Fossils — Maury 



Caobas, where they branched off to the southwest for Sabaneta. 

 On approaching the Cana River a limestone with enormous Tur- 

 edo tubes was seen. 



On crossing the Rio Cana at Caimito ( 1 6 on sketch map) in the 

 gorge a terrace was observed about fifty feet below the general level 

 and beneath this terrace the gorge is about fifty feet deep. The 

 river appears from this to have been rejuvenated and the uplift 

 to have been recent. 



Very beautiful fossils were collected on the Rio Cana. Af- 

 ter making collections and sections, the party rode on to Saba- 

 neta and along the Rio Guayubincito to the town of Guayubin- 

 cito (17 on the map), and then followed a road more to the west 

 to Las Lomas (18 on the map). Between Guayubincito and 

 Las Lomas large Ostreas were seen resembling those collected at 

 Escalantes. Proceeding on to Castenuela, several fossiliferous 

 outcrops were noted along the road, perhaps Pleistocene, — per- 

 haps equivalents of Gabb's outcrops on the road to Guayubin. 

 It was unfortunately impossible to stop to collect because of the 

 late hour, pouring rain, and the exhausted state of the horses. 

 So there was no choice but to press on to Monte Cristi. 



The party arrived at Monte Cristi none to soon, as the Rev- 

 olutionary party had begun shooting. All Americans took refuge 

 on the United States gunboat Panther, and remained on board 

 four days. 



The Dominican residents who did not join the rebels fled to 

 the beach. The town was deserted, the bush full of rebels, ban- 

 dits and malo gente. A return to the field from the direction of 

 Monte Cristi was obviously impossible. 



Proceeding on to Puerto Plata we hoped to strike in from 

 there to Santiago, as under normal conditions a cog-wheel rail- 

 road connects these towns. But Desiderio had captured all the 

 locomotives. Moreover we met at Puerto Plata the American 

 residents of Santiago as refugees who had left all their posses- 

 sions and secretly fled under cover of night. Several had hidden 

 in the bush without food for some days. Conditions in the in- 



