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of us, the sierras now having dropped out of sight. 

 On the horizon ahead, tops of trees, apparently 

 far out to sea and raised high above the water 

 by mirage effect, gradually developed into solid 

 forest as we approached. The upright steel 

 column of the wireless station at Cape San Antonio 

 appeared indistinct above the forest. Finally the 

 Cayos de la Lena, a group of small mangrove 

 islands lying close into shore, were passed and just 

 beyond them we anchored at 6.30, about a half- 

 mile from shore. Two or three miles beyond is 

 Cape Cajon which, had we rounded it, would have 

 placed us beyond and west of Cuba, for here the 

 shore turns for a few miles to the south and then 

 to the east "on its way back." About midway 

 along this north and south stretch is the Light- 

 house "Roncali" and this is Cape San Antonio. 

 It would have been quite possible to round Cajon 

 and take a position for the night off the light but 

 our Patron advised against it. The currents there 

 are strong, the holding very bad, and the posi- 

 tion exposed to all but east winds. The pseudo- 

 basin formed by the Lena keys, the arching-in 

 line of shore and the projecting Cape Cajon, 

 offered a better haven with its partial shelter and 



