Field Notebook: Florida. 1911, 1912
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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