Excerpt from A Reconnoissance of the Bahamas and of the Elevated Reefs of Cuba in the Steam Yacht Wild Duck, Vol. 26The Bahama Plateau is separated from Cuba by the Old Bahama Channel. It gradually increases in depth eastward as we go from three hundred fathoms off Cay Frances to its greatest depth, over one thousand fathoms, off Diamond Point, between it and Boca Guajaba. (plates I. And VIII.) The plateau itself slopes to the eastward at its northern termination, as is well shown also from the line of soundings to the north of the Little Bahama Bank parallel with it, and along the axis of the Northwest Providence Channel separating it from the Great Bahama Bank.The relations of the banks to the eastward of the Great Bahama Bank are best seen from an examination of the hydrographic sections on Plates IV. And V., and of the charts, Plates I. And VIII.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.