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fish; and here also the " c a y m a n , � for which the waters of the island are famous, makes his home. Manzanillo Bay lies in a direction from north-west to south-east, and extends into the island a distance of about ten miles, and has emptying into it a number of streams be-
Caymau.
sides the Yaqui, the principal one of which is the Massacre, or Dajabon, famous for its pure water. The water of the Yaqui is also exceedingly pure, and the lagoon or lake formed by it has an average depth of five or six feet, but the channel varies from eight to fifteen feet; so that steamers might easily find their way through it, were it not for the old logwood forests through which the river passes.