98 PORTO RICO 



Feet, 



Culminating point between Cayey and La Cidra 2 1,781 



La Cidra (Presbiterio) 2 1 ,423 



Cayey, level of the plaza 2 1,351 



Sierra de Cayey, culminating point of the route from Cayey to 

 Guayama 2 2,810 



Altitudes of Points in the Cordillera Central {the extension of the main Cordil- 

 lera ivest of the San Juan-Ponce road) 



Feet 



La Torre, between Aibonito and Barranquitas * 1 ,130 



La Torre (The Tower) pass between Barranquitas and Aibonito to 

 the west-northwest of the latter. 2 According to Saint Claire- 

 Deville, the summit of this mountain is next highest after Yunque, 



and attains at least 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) 2,456 



Summit west of Aibonito (1 mile) x 3,280 



Aibonito, house of Domingo Torre 2 2,066 



Adjuntas 3 1,440 



Adjuntas, house of D. Jose Bosch 2 1,640 



Divide south of Adjuntas 3 2,350 



Culminating point between Ponce and Adjuntas, summit of this 



district 2 2,617 



Plain at the summit of Adjuntas on road to Penuelas 2 2,810 



Culminating summit of district of Penuelas 2 2,812 



Mata de Platano, northwest of Ponce 4 2,812 



Cumbre Guilarte, southwest of Adjuntas 4 2,625 



Guilarte 1 3.608 



Barranquitas, home of Bonocio Ferrer 2 2,082 



Culminating point between Sabana del Palmar and Barranquitas 2 . 2,260 



Sabana de Palmar (Presbiterio) 2 757 



Cumbre de Asomante 2 . ... 2,089 



Tetos de Cerro Gordo (due north of Sabana Grande) 1 2,625 



Tetos de Cerro Gordo 4 2,235 



Summit of the hill situated to the east of Mayaguez 2 708 



Through this mountainous mass the numerous and copious 

 streams of the island, ramifying in every direction, have cut deep 

 valleys, singularly free from cliffs, but of the V-shaped type, and 

 etching the surface into many A-shaped lateral ridges and points. 

 Of these streams the largest and longest drain into the north 

 coast, the next largest flow to the west, while the streams of the 

 south and east sides, although copious, are comparatively short. 

 The headwaters of the three principal rivers of the north coast, 

 with upper ramifications, have nearly reached across the island 

 in a southward direction. The easternmost of these is the Loiza, 

 which rises only eight miles north of Arroyo on the south coast ; 

 the Rio de la Plata, which rises the same distance north of 

 Guayama and reaches the north coast near the central meridian 



