The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-02-28
The Bermuda Islands.

The voyage NAV or NAV not be pleasant.
but is sure to be short. The Gulf Stream,
which one is Obliged to cross has on many
natures subduing effect. and the sight of
land is not generally unwelcome. The
delight is intensified by the beauties which
are spread out on every hand. The won-
derful transparency Of the water, the
numerous islands, making new pictures at
every turn, the shifting lights on the hills,
the flowers, which almost hide houses that
peep out here and there from their bowers,
make up scene as rare as it is beautiful.
The general direction of the Islands is
from northeast to southwest. They are
in the latitude of Charleston. South Caro-
lima, and the nearest point on the continent
is Cape Hatteras, five hundred and eighty
miles distant They are Of calcareous for
nation, "due entirely says Colonel Mel
son, "to the action Of the wind in blowing
up sand made by the disintegration of
coral reefs. They present but one mass of
animal remains in various stages of com
minution and disintegration The varieties
of rock are irreguIarly associated, and
without any order ofsuperposition. Nearly
every shell now known in the surrounding
sea may be found in the rock, quite perfect,
except with regard to color. Along the
south shore are sand-hills which illustrate
the formation of Bermuda. In one in
stance cottage has been submerged,
trees to the height of several feet, and the
sand has even travelled up hill one hun
dred and eighty feet high. Nine miles
north of the islands are four needle rocks,
apparently the remnants of former islands
They are about ten feet above high-water
mark, and vary from four to eight feet in
diameter. They are of limestone, and are
stratifed like the mainland"
There are in all about one hundred
Islands, though it is usually stated that
there are three times as MANY Not more
than sixteen or twenty are inhabited
and of these the Eve largest are st. Dayid's,
St. Georges Bermuda proper sometimes
STYLED the Continent, Somerset, and Ire
land. They are about fifteen miles in
length. and the greatest breadth is about
Eve miles. There are no mountains, no
rivers and 80 while thew are without
maoniGcenee in scenerv in n oniot sort of
beauty they are unique.
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miles Of GOOD hard roads which are ven.
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