. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. AGASSIZ : BAHAMAS. 51 Opening, a distance of about eight miles, we found the bottom sloping gradually, with here and there a few blades of Thalassia. It was every- where composed of the same marly substance, and sustained but little animal life. A few Lupas, a couple of small sharks, and the holes of a Squilla seemed to be the limit of the fauna and flora of this marly waste. On reaching the shore, we found the land, as far as we exam- ined it, to consist of the same white marl as the bottom, but still suffic
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. AGASSIZ : BAHAMAS. 51 Opening, a distance of about eight miles, we found the bottom sloping gradually, with here and there a few blades of Thalassia. It was every- where composed of the same marly substance, and sustained but little animal life. A few Lupas, a couple of small sharks, and the holes of a Squilla seemed to be the limit of the fauna and flora of this marly waste. On reaching the shore, we found the land, as far as we exam- ined it, to consist of the same white marl as the bottom, but still sufficiently solidified to enable us to walk upon it. It was somewhat elastic, giving us the sensation of walking upon a sheet of India-rubber. In some places the marl was covered with a black alga, forming a thin crust, or it was often coated with a harder material composed of minute fragments of shells and of sand, giving the surface a gray appearance. On digging into the soil, we found the same white marl, more or less mixed with vegetable matter. The shore upon which we landed was at no point more than from twelve to fourteen inches above the high-water. WEST SHORE OF ANDROS, WIDE OPENING. mark. The country inland seemed well covered with low vegetation, and mangroves flourished in every direction. Here and there a ridge of sand had been blown up, composed of fragments of shells and of crabs. These ridges, rising a few inches higher than the general dead level around them, formed the high ground, as it were, upon which was growing a somewhat richer vegetation, composed mainly of the same. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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