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bays or openings in the bushes extending by a winding 
course a short distance only through the mud, the at¬ 
tempt to reach the main river, by those unacquainted 
with the navigation, is really most embarrassing. A 
good large whitewashed beacon on one side of the real 
entrance would save a deal of trouble, but that even 
will not be done until trade and population have 
largely increased. 
The bar is outside or to seaward of Cassava Cay, 
and runs somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe round 
from the cay, close to the inner beach of the bluff 
itself, about half a mile from the outer point. The 
many little sandy bays and promontories into which 
the bluff is broken up on the southern side, from its 
extremity seaward right into the lagoon, give it a very 
picturesque appearance, and would offer several safe 
landing places for boats or laden barges in the event 
of a seaport town springing up there; indeed a more 
healthy or pleasant site for a town is not to be found on 
this coast. The soil is excellent, in striking contrast 
to that in the vicinity of Blewfields, and, by means of 
the Abyssinian well, an abundance of pure water could 
easily be obtained. 
At the present time there is from eight to ten feet 
of water on the bar, a depth which might easily be in¬ 
creased by judicious dredging, if thought desirable; 
but inasmuch as the bar is seldom rough, in fact rarely 
breaks right across, unless the trade-wind is well to 
the eastward, there would be no necessity for taking 
this step for some time to come; indeed, ships might 
lie much nearer the shore than they do at present with 
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