Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1915 — Rich Land Unexplored. [ARTICLE]

Rich Land Unexplored.

Andros island, among the Bahamas, is 90 miles in length and 20 to 40 miles in breadth, and most of it* extensive area has never , been explored. It is an unbroken wilderness, inhabited solely by about 3,500 negroes. It has great forests, seldom penetrated by white men, of mahogany, mastic, ebony, logwood and cedar; swamps, creeks and bayous teeming with wild fowl, including the flamingo, which is < found here in vast numbers. No real effort has been made to exploit its resources. It is said to be the only one of the Bahamas which has running* streams of water, and is surrounded by a series of barrier reefs, which provide sheltered waters ideal for yachting. It is a splendid field for the sportsman.