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zone of Assuring and subsidence from a hundred yards to three hundred yards in width (Fig. 1, a, AA). It started at the western part
Fig. 14. Looking East toward Port Royal Showing Submerged Palms and Battery Casemates (in line with tower). Old Port Royal formerly extended northward from the point at the left.
of the city of Kingston, ran along the water front encircling the harbor, and continued along the line of the Palisadoes, reaching its greatest destructive effect at Port Royal. One arm of this Assuring followed up
