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I Sketch of the Geological 

 idian Island of St. Croix, or 



S.G.S. The Author, Christiansted, 



work under consideration begins as 



Df the geological formations of our island, to 

 backwards, it may be instructive, in summar- 

 : course, and, as far as possible, note leading 



alline structure prevalent in our older forma- 

 which they are composed were deposited, and 

 tting them through have been intruded so that 

 jly to their deposition. 



able suggestion that the components 

 lat rock was formed, we, and prob- 



old enough to suppose this fact without first 

 choolmaster, or, as modern American termi- 

 ittempts in twelve dismal chapters and with 

 her with a map as recent as 1856, to "edu- 

 ; building or formation of the island of St. 

 The above quotation gives an idea of his 

 npt to give specimens of the pedantry dis- 

 ook. It is difficult to conceive whether that 

 public or for a primary school. If for the 

 in the first chapter, the tiresome and almost 

 y lime-rock effervesces in muriatic acid and 

 ,'nt that soils are classed among rocks, and 

 )raminifera; and the like are wholly super- 

 the text has too many pretensions to being 



conclusions. All we can discern is, that the 

 may have been two successive formations of 

 the Cretaceous period and followed by sub- 

 and subsequent deposits so as to form an- 

 is" at the time of the chalk formation. Trap 

 s have, to a limited extent, risen to the de- 

 'e do not attempt to penetrate any further 

 ing the reader much patience in his endea- 

 are mostly quite commendable. A. F. B. 



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