NB Because in a way this scale is impossible to show one has to keep in mind the whole island especially in the central part that I left out of the sketch. The reason why there are no coconut trees in the middle is because the land was used for military purposes and these were only 20 years ago. There are some areas where they grow but not as many as on the coast. There are trees here too but not so large ones. Short forest areas are rare and narrow. The vegetation along the coast is mainly casuarinas etc. near water's edge mostly. Hill shrubs etc. along sea margin low, casuarinas etc. near water's edge mostly. coconut vegetation with a little sand along lagoon side. About 100 m. area of sea deposited sand banks abrupt coral outcrop 50-100' A.P.A. sea level sandy and undulating on site loose beds of these and most Term cultivation covers life gathering black crosses and peach shading basket mangrove appears shown by swamp lands including areas where about 20% garden culture culture coconuts etc. contains trees under more or less permanent includes about 30% jungle area area of shorter original forest area of tall original forest Isolated farms NB The map shows the location of various types of vegetation on the island. The colors represent different categories: - Green: Original forest (short and tall) - Blue-green: Garden areas with coconuts, bananas, etc. - Light blue: Swamp lands including mangrove swamps - Brown: Term cultivation covers life gathering black crosses and peach shading - Pink: Areas of sea deposited sand banks - Yellow: Abundant coral outcrops 50-100' A.P.A. - White: Sandy and undulating on site - Gray: Loose beds of these and most - Dark green: Isolated farms The legend explains each color code clearly. Note that some garden areas are scattered throughout both coconut forests and original forest lands. Roughly the line of this description shows as near accurate as possible in such a mixed land type vegetation as exists on the island. (See also page 48)