In the Sugar Loaf Keys just to the south of the Buthwood Key a great deal of prob bosc struck are the Trail tree tuith of it. At times it was under 1 foot of salt water! Then and the boat is Hae'll but dry under the creather it is brown. Jley could not tell me how thick the prob ted in most of which it is empaled. He did mention Mangroves or that these trees may have had to do with this accumulation. In the channel to the east of the Sugar Loaf keys the snail here for a mile in length and 600 feet in width has a depth of from 6 to 18 feet It is in the Sugar Loaf keys that sponges are now prepared. Plates are taken on which vertical worms are inserted and on these worms are placed pieces of the sponge. A sponge may be cut up into 30 pieces, and it is these pieces that form the entire sponge. An Englishman is planting these tubs here. In one year the sponge had grown to a length of 3 miles and it is thought that in 3 years the sponge will have matured. In general the snail is but 1 or 2 feet thick