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fossil marine shells (apparently of existing species) 

 mixed with some land-shells (also of modern forms) 

 but rather larger than their living descendants. 

 These Pleistocene fossils evidently were not in 

 original situ, their matrix having been eroded 

 away. Upon completing our futile eighteen-mile 

 ride, the guide indicated as "Rubi" a treeless hill 

 in quite another direction and then our disgust 

 was complete. 



In the meantime Clapp and Rodriguez had been 

 scouring the country between the city and the 

 bay. Their fortunes had also been poor except 

 for one dead specimen of the coveted yellow 

 Liguus and some minute land-shells of no especial 

 interest. The ground was exceedingly dry, no 

 rain having fallen for many days. This seems 

 not a little strange considering the full swing of 

 the rainy season but a few days' journey to the 

 west. 



Rejoining the schooner about one o'clock we 

 immediately set out in the launch for the line of 

 reefs that fringe the eastern side of the narrow 

 harbor entrance. Cabanas Bay is a typical ' ' flask- 

 shaped" harbor with an exceedingly narrow and 

 deep entrance cut through an elevation of modern 



