The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of Negro slavery: . ithin the range of lightand heat, so as to enable the insect artificers to spreadtheir labours over fresh surfaces. The whole primi-tive mass, however, having received another heave,these second works would be brought above high-water mark, and further progress stopped. The sameupward movement brought within their reach a thirdand a fourth foundation, which wer
The West Indies: the natural and physical history of the Windward and Leeward colonies; with some account of the moral, social, and political condition of their inhabitants, immediately before and after the abolition of Negro slavery: . ithin the range of lightand heat, so as to enable the insect artificers to spreadtheir labours over fresh surfaces. The whole primi-tive mass, however, having received another heave,these second works would be brought above high-water mark, and further progress stopped. The sameupward movement brought within their reach a thirdand a fourth foundation, which were of courseseized upon, and a structure raised, and again stoppedby the further rising of the primitive rocks. Weknow that the same labourers are still at work uponwhat may be called the fifth series of these submarinefoundations, which, possibly, some future convulsionin the earths centre may suddenly raise into the openday. The summit of the primitive mountain on whichMount Hillaby rests must now be more than 1000 feetabove the present level of the ocean, and therefore,taking a j ust view of the whole phenomena, I think it ismore probable that the island has been elevated, thanthat the waters have been depressed. One or other,. ( cs ?ii .westindiesnatura00hall
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