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Mont Plaisant to beyond the estate Siberie and reaches its hig- 

 hest point in Seroe Kloof and Seroe Dakoe. 

 From here to St. Kruisbaai and Playa Grandi a hilly country ex- 

 tends, which only in a new places (Dokterstuin) reaches 130 M. 

 Near Anthonieberg (160 M.) a hilly country of greater height be- 

 gins, forming the centre of the region North of St. Kruisbaai and 

 Anthonieberg; we find there the complexes Tafelberg, 230 M., 

 the top of which consists of chalk, and Christoffelberg, with 

 ramifications extending to Westpuntbaai and St. Kruisbaai. 

 Anthonieberg, Tafelberg and Christoffelberg are, excepting a few 

 coast mountains, the only heights in West Curagao which may 

 be properly called mountains ; they are the only ones which stand 

 more or less alone. Christoffelberg is 372 M. high and has slopes 

 that cannot be ascended; a road, consisting of sharp prominent 

 rocks, winds from Savonet to the top. All other heights on West 

 Curagao, on the other hand, are only separated by slightly inclined 

 and gently undulating grounds. The coast mountains, consisting 

 of chalk ridges which surround the whole island, descend on the 

 North coast everywhere in terraces, whereas on the South coast 

 more gently sloping plains are chiefly found. Valleys, perpendicular to 

 the coast, often cut the chalk ridges into isolated mountains. On 

 the South coast of West Curagao, e. g. near Knip, the chalk ridge 

 is not so high. The perpendicular inland wall is not seen there 

 and the calcareous mass is covered with fragments of the rocks, 

 forming the mountain complex. 



The hills of East Curasao are mostly of a brown red colour and 

 where vegetation is scarce the weathered stone is seen at the 

 surface in small fragments. 



The same may be observed about the Eastern middle part. West 

 Curagao is generally more grown over and less stone is found there 

 at the surface. 



Only in all plantations and in their immediate vicinity a more 

 fertile soil is found; the plantations („hofjes") are mostly situated 

 near the large inland waters. 



Aruba. 



The West point of the island lies at + 70° 4' W. Long, and 12° 

 37' N. Lat.; the East point at + 69° 51' W. Long, and 12° 24' 

 N. Lat. The greatest length of the island is 32 kilometres, its 

 surface ± 170 square kilometres. We man represent it as a 

 fairly large plain of quartz-diorite, rising slowly towards the 



