Volume 8 
Number 3 
The Plant World 
ilHaga^tne of popular ^Sotanp 
MARCH, 1905 
A TRIP TO THE INAGUAS. 
By George V. Nash, 
N--ezv. York Botanical Garden. 
When I informed my friends that I contemplated making a 
journey to Inagua, they replied: “Yes, I know you will have 
an interesting time but—ah—where is Inagua?” Fearing that 
some of those who read this article may be as ignorant of the 
location of these islands as were my friends, and I too must con¬ 
fess to a dense ignorance concerning them and their location 
previous to my visit, I will rather carefully indicate their position 
and some of the features concerning them. To do this effectively, 
requires the presentation of the accompanying map. 
The Inaguas comprise a group of two islands located at the 
extreme southerly end of the Bahamas, in about 21 ° N. lat. and 
73° W. long.., they lie, therefore 2 ° within the tropic, in the 
longitude of Long Island. The larger island is called Great 
Inagua and the other Little Inagua; it is the first of these that 
is more generally known and to which the name Inagua applies; 
the other island is seldom or never heard of by the outside 
world. 
Great Inagua is about forty-seven miles long and at its broadest 
part is about twenty miles wide. The coast is irregular, especially 
on the northern side. Rocky shores are interspersed with sandy 
beaches. Along the north and south shores there are dangerous 
reefs, much feared by mariners who must navigate these waters. 
At other places the water is very deep quite up to the shore, so 
that large vessels can approach very close to- the land. 
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