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A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



are engravings of the seal of the original Bermuda Company. On 

 the reverse side of the seal (fig. 29) there is a view of a wrecked 

 vessel alongside of two high rocks, which are easily recognized as 

 the two main North Rocks. The vessel, with broken masts, stands 

 upright, between the largest rock and a small one that exists to the 

 right, and is therefore concealed by the hull of the vessel. In a 



Figure 29. — Facsimile of the reverse of the ancient seal of the Bermuda Com- 

 pany, engraved on the border of Norwood's map of Bermuda, published in 

 1626. It shows the wreck of May's vessel, the " Bonaventura." in 1593, 

 alongside of the North Bocks, which then appeared much as at present. 

 Enlarged li times. 



photographic view (fig. 30) taken in December, 1875, by Mr. Hey], of 

 Bermuda, a man stands where the vessel stood and the two views 

 are apparently from nearly the same point. The two rocks in the 

 old print are represented as nearly equal in height, but now one is 

 decidedly lower than the other. 



This ancient sketch, imperfect as it naturally is. corresponds 

 remarkably well with the outlines of the rocks, as seen in the photo- 

 graph. (Fig. 30.) This proves that these rocks have undergone 

 but little change in general form since the early settlement of Ber- 

 muda, for this seal was probably engraved as early as L616-18. 



