. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . Scenes on the UiUlihliebu cuast, JJarljadus (See page 07) ( bv ) 1. Flying-fish fleet going out 2. Boat returning through surf 3. Selling flying-fish from boats just in PLATE XXX. 1. Government landing at Saint Johns, Antigua (See page 154) 2. A Salvation Army meeting, Saint Johns (See page 240) 3. Officers quarters at the Dockyard, occupied by our Expedition (See page 154) BARBADOS-ANTIGUA E
. Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College . Scenes on the UiUlihliebu cuast, JJarljadus (See page 07) ( bv ) 1. Flying-fish fleet going out 2. Boat returning through surf 3. Selling flying-fish from boats just in PLATE XXX. 1. Government landing at Saint Johns, Antigua (See page 154) 2. A Salvation Army meeting, Saint Johns (See page 240) 3. Officers quarters at the Dockyard, occupied by our Expedition (See page 154) BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 125 other culminating eminences of the island. To the extreme leftas we faced the sea stood Pico Teneriffe close to the Atlanticguarding the northern approach to the valley. To the extremeright the escarpment is still more rugged and frowns downfrom nearly 1000 feet upon the shore line less than a mile part of the cliff is called Hackletons Cliff. The abruptdeclivities from the escarpment to the sea have given opportu-nity for running water to accomplish erosion on a scale muchmore gigantic than one would expect on so small and low anisland. Landslides of tremendous proportions are not rare. Inthe farther flatter parts of the valley were little farmsteads,ribbon-like dark roads, the tiny railroad and its terminus at , while only two or three mil
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