CHAPTER IV 

 Cape Sable 



THE name Cape Sable, — cape of sand — is 

 a somewhat improper designation for it 

 includes three quite distinct capes, some 

 distance apart, though the whole forms 

 a decided projection of land into the sea. North- 

 west Cape is the northernmost point, then fol- 

 low Middle Cape and finally East Cape, the latter 

 the most prominent of the three; there are slight, 

 open bays between them. The trio may be said 

 to separate the Gulf of Mexico from the Strait of 

 Florida. It is about ten miles from Northwest 

 Cape to East Cape, and the latter has the distinc- 

 tion of being the southernmost point of the main- 

 land of the United States. It extends about a 

 half mile farther south than a slight projection 

 just east of it and it is nearly fifty statute miles 

 nearer the Equator than is the southern most tip 

 of Texas. 



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