. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 427 A. jE. Verrill—The Berimida Islands. 15 In several places there are thick clusters of tall, graceful bamboos, which sometimes overarch the roads. One of the finest of these groups is situated close by the house occupied by the Empress Eugenie, while she was living here several years ago. This is on a cross road a short distance west of Hamilton. (See plat
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 427 A. jE. Verrill—The Berimida Islands. 15 In several places there are thick clusters of tall, graceful bamboos, which sometimes overarch the roads. One of the finest of these groups is situated close by the house occupied by the Empress Eugenie, while she was living here several years ago. This is on a cross road a short distance west of Hamilton. (See plate Ixvii.) Near Elbov^^ Bay, on the south shore, there are extensive modern sand-dunes, only vei'y recently stopped in their destructive advance over the fertile soil, which the}' had kept up for more than a century. These are of sj^ecial interest to many persons, but they are still very barren, and are only occupied by sage-bush and other sand-loving plants. In their progress they buried groves of cedars and one dwell- ing house. (See under Geology.) Hungiy Bay, also on the south shore, with its dense mangrove swamp, is a weird and solitary place, but very interesting to the Figure 7.—Cathedral Eocks ou Somerset Island. This appears to be the ruins of an ancient cavern, partly broken down and dissected by the sea; the roof has partly fallen down. The columns are hai'dened by infiltration of calcite and roughly j^itted. Elies Harbor, or Bay, on the west side of Somerset Island, is a beautiful body of clear, brightly tinted water, with a white sand bottom. Formerly it was a port of some importance. On the point of land separating Elies Bay from " The Scaur," •which is a smaller and shallower bay to the south, are situated the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Verrill
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