. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE BEEMUDAS. 453 surface waters disappear rapidly, lacks the tropical exuberance attributed to it by certain travellers. The more common European trees are nowhere seen in the woodlands, whose general aspect is monotonous, recalling that of the northern > bo. pine-forests. But in the rainy season the masses of pink blossom covering the acclimatised oleanders are suggestive of Sicilian scenery. No indigenous mammals occur in the Bermudas, the rats and mice being- of European and the bats of North American or West Indian origin. From North Ameri
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE BEEMUDAS. 453 surface waters disappear rapidly, lacks the tropical exuberance attributed to it by certain travellers. The more common European trees are nowhere seen in the woodlands, whose general aspect is monotonous, recalling that of the northern > bo. pine-forests. But in the rainy season the masses of pink blossom covering the acclimatised oleanders are suggestive of Sicilian scenery. No indigenous mammals occur in the Bermudas, the rats and mice being- of European and the bats of North American or West Indian origin. From North America come nearly all the other animals, of 188 species of birds 3 alone belonging to the Old World. The solitary Bermudan reptile is also of American. 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 Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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