74 THE BUILDING OF AN ISLAND. 



agreement in these two classes of evidence exists in St. Croix ; but there seems 

 to be some divergence on the western edge of the Central Slope, where the 

 valleys, even on the extreme edge, as we now have it, do not tend inwards as 

 much as we should expect; while on the other hand the dip of the rocks turns 

 in more than we should expect from the direction of the synclinal axis. Does 

 not this suggest that the anticlinal axis of the Mt. Eagle Ridge has been lifted 

 considerably at a comparatively late period that is to say, after the valleys in 

 question had been formed, or partially formed, and that this lifting has thrown 

 the dip of the strata more inwards ? This is, of course, only a speculation, and 

 is here mentioned merely as a possibility that may be worth attention. 



The observer who becomes interested will find everywhere among the 

 physical features of the island matter for inquiry, and after a time will see in 

 the hills, the valleys and the plains old friends about whom he already knows 

 something and concerning whom he is always eager to learn more. 



