. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. Sands exposed at low water. 2J to 500 Fathoms. 25 Miles. reason no coral reefs occur towards the western extremity of the island swept by the waters of Corrientes Bay, so named from the currents which impinge on this coast and are thence deflected to Yucatan Channel. Manzanillo Bay, en the contrary, is more than half covered with reefs, which are continued westwards by the so-called Cayos de las Doce Léguas, the " Twelve League ; Farther on the Isle of Pines is connected with a labyrinth of reefs and islets, of which the best known ar
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. Sands exposed at low water. 2J to 500 Fathoms. 25 Miles. reason no coral reefs occur towards the western extremity of the island swept by the waters of Corrientes Bay, so named from the currents which impinge on this coast and are thence deflected to Yucatan Channel. Manzanillo Bay, en the contrary, is more than half covered with reefs, which are continued westwards by the so-called Cayos de las Doce Léguas, the " Twelve League ; Farther on the Isle of Pines is connected with a labyrinth of reefs and islets, of which the best known are those of the Jardines Bunk and the Jardinillos, forming a seaward prolongation of the marsh of Zapata. In the
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