Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 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 its 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.