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Havana province where they rather abruptly 

 cease. About Bahia Honda and to the east thereof 

 there is a capping of bluish white limestone, pro- 

 bably Tertiary, though more eroded and less in 

 evidence here than in the central eastern part of 

 the same province. The pine lomas, which con- 

 stitute so important a feature of the Pinar province 

 are here entirely lacking, but the underlying 

 serpentines are more frequently exposed. 



Our launch party was received aboard with 

 enthusiastic acclaim. Those remaining with the 

 schooner had spent two wretched nights fighting 

 mosquitoes. Just why this port should be so 

 infested while other wholly similar localities should 

 be exempt, is not clear. In the daytime, the pests 

 are quiescent but at night they are indescribably 

 bad. Fortunately they are less poisonous than 

 the smaller inland species we had encountered at 

 Cape San Antonio. 



As some shopping was necessary, most of us, 

 including the Patron, landed at the embarcadero 

 and walked the mile and a half to the town of 

 Bahia Honda. There we obtained a supply of 

 mosquito netting, fresh vegetables, and a wheel- 

 barrow full of delicious mangoes. The town pre- 



