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MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. 



Midway between Santiago and Cajje Maisi, the south-east coast is indented by 

 the still larger basin of Guantanamo, which, however, is almost useless for trading 

 purposes. It has been gradually obstructed by the alluvial matter of several 



rig. 180.— Santiago de Cuba. 

 Scale 1 : 70,000. 



75-55 



West or breen-A/ich 



75"50- 



Depths. 



streams, one of which is navigable for small craft as far as the towns of SaUadero 

 and Santa Catalina. 



Baracoay near the eastern extremity, was the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, 

 and here are still seen the ruins of Diego Velasquez' house. It was the Puerto 

 Santc visited by Columbus, but it never prospered, owing to its remoteness from 



