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sand is seen to be more than half made of quartz
sand, The yellowish blue sand may be seen far
ther up the beach and is evidently sorted out by
the waves due to specific gravity differences. There
are therefore gross layers of some blue pebbles that
tocally form one into eraser material having entire
but hard room shells. These are interspersed with
layers of decidedly arenaceous character. When
consolidated all will be an impure limestone and
some limestone greens interspersed with outer room shells
and fragments of sand.
At the highest strand lines, those of storms, one
finds windrows of sea weeds and many dumps of
of at least 3 species. Raw or commercial oranges. Lazy
canals also occur here all eaten by Clionia and
in the inside reflects with worm tubes and Spirula,
Rarely one sees fragments of large heart anchoring and
I profiles of me Spirula! Attached to coral one
sees many force meat barnacles. Iaw no jelly
fish.
The outer side of the long sand spit has many
eraser nut palms and other plants while the inner
side is lined with mangrove that has grown out