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there are heavy forests in the moist region which would prob¬ 
ably have less undergrowth in them than the bushy areas en¬ 
countered in this region at Academy Bay. Should another 
party ever attempt to reach the interior of the island from 
there, they should keep well to the south of the group of cra¬ 
ters, about four miles inland, as the country is not so rough, 
nor is the vegetation so dense as it is north of these craters. A 
low monument of lava boulders was built by the side of the 
trail where We came into it in coming back from the interior. 
It is likely, however, that the trail will be entirely obliterated 
before another party attempts to explore this island. 
Northeast Side. 
The island was visited on this side at a point about three miles 
west of Gordon Rocks which are situated a short distance off 
shore. The coast is bordered by low cliffs in this vicinity, which 
rise abruptly fifteen or more feet above the water. There are oc¬ 
casional small sand beaches, however, so that landing from boats 
can be easily accomplished. The country is very flat for some 
distance inland, and for the most part, is covered lightly with a 
reddish colored soil. Farther inland there are rough deposits of 
lava. We had expected to try to reach the interior of the island 
from this place,- but we did not attempt it after we had dis¬ 
covered the rough character of the country. 
There are no true halophytes along the shores in this vicinity, 
a condition that is accounted for by the lack of extensive sand 
beaches, such as occur on the other sides of the island where there 
is a more or less extensive halophytic flora. Such plants as Cryp¬ 
tocarpus, pyriformis, Discaria pauciflora, and Maytenus obovata, 
which sometime grow under semihalophytic conditions, occur, 
however, at this place. 
The country is very barren in the vicinity of the shore, and 
there are no trees present unless a few stunted specimens of Bur- 
sera, and Prosopis could be called such. The country farther in¬ 
land, however, appeared to be covered with forests of Bursera 
trees, but as we visited this region during the dry season, the 
general appearance of these forests was too uninviting to tempt 
one to venture far to examine them. All of the vegetation of 
any considerable size, leans in a northwestern direction showing 
the influence of the strong southeast winds during the growing 
