. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. AGASSIZ: BAHAMAS. 129 Matanzas. Plates I., XLII., and XLIII. As one approaches the entrance of Matanzas harbor the eroded hills gradually pass into distinct terraces to the eastward of the mouth of the bay. The low elevated coral reef forming the first terrace comes into prominence, and next the line of the second can be distinctly traced, while on the opposite shore near Sabanilla Point three of the terraces are plainly marked. A part of the Bay of Matanzas and the Yumnri Valley have undoubtedly been formed by erosio
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. AGASSIZ: BAHAMAS. 129 Matanzas. Plates I., XLII., and XLIII. As one approaches the entrance of Matanzas harbor the eroded hills gradually pass into distinct terraces to the eastward of the mouth of the bay. The low elevated coral reef forming the first terrace comes into prominence, and next the line of the second can be distinctly traced, while on the opposite shore near Sabanilla Point three of the terraces are plainly marked. A part of the Bay of Matanzas and the Yumnri Valley have undoubtedly been formed by erosion during the elevation of the surrounding country. The extent of this erosion is seen on all sides of Matanzas, from the terrace's of the eastern and western sides of the harbor to the gently sloping hills rising to Bellamar, or to the conical paps of Camarioca, or to the rolling foothills rising to the massive Pan. PAN DE MATANZAS. de Matanzas, or to the vertical limestone cliffs nearly as high as the Pan itself to the westward of it. The caves of Bellamar are the finest exam- ples of the many caverns found in the limestone district of Cuba. Their opening is on a comparatively level plateau from three hundred and fifty to four hundred feet above the harbor; but to which one of the terraces the plateau corresponds it is difficult to say. With the exception of the terrace (perhaps the second) indicated in the railroad cutting as we as- cend from the bay, there are no traces of other terraces. A few isolated corals are found on the level of the entrance to the caves. The first ter- race follows the line of the road, which runs round the bay on the east side. At all cuts of the first terrace we find several species of corals, apparently in place in the reef rock. From Montserrat one gets a beautiful view of the Yumuri Valley. I found no corals anywhere in the limestone on the way up, but a good many shells are embedded in the limestone at an elevation of four hundred to four hundr
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