THE 
AMERICAN NATURALIST. _ 
OL. XXI. OCTOBER, 1887. No. 10. 
_ THE STUDY OF A SMALL AND ISOLATED COM- 
4 MUNITY IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
BY T. WESLEY MILLS, M.A., M.D." boas 
INCE the Bahama group of islands lies between 21° and 27° 
north latitude, it will appear that they are chiefly sub-trop- 
, but for the purposes of this paper they may be considered 
Practically tropical. The writer’s experience was gathered 
Bahamas consist of several small islands without much vegeta- 
i. » Some thousands of rocks, and a few larger islands, the 
Most important of which is Abaco. The majority of the keys, 
- the smaller islands are called, are uninhabited. Green Turtle 
“Y, on which our party took up residence, is within about P> 
Ñ of Abaco, which latter is known locally as “ The Man ie 
een Turtle Key, about a mile in length by a quarter of a mile 
oo breadth, is the residence of some six hundred people, a 
iy gathered together on the widest end of the island, and 3. 
ry formed a picturesque little village, with its streets on sha a 
hite limestone, its alleys, its garden-plots, its shops, ma 
”, and its churches. ee 
“ Bahamas as a whole have a common origin, as coral — ee 
“Ons, and all the phases of the growth and changes of oo : % 
reefs and islands may be studied here. But this has ye. 
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