A, E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 855 
Strachy (or Strachey), William.—A true repertory of the wracke and redemp- 
tion of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight, upon and from the Islands of the 
Bermudas, etc., 1610. (Reprinted by Purchas, His Pilgrimes, etce., iv, 
1625; and by Clark, J. 8., vol. i (1805), p. 141-171; Gov. Lefroy, Mem- 
orials, i, pp. 22-54, and others.) See above, p. 538. 
Note.—This is by far the most complete account of the shipwreck of the Sea 
Venture and of the doings of its people there in 1609-10, as well as of the 
condition of the islands and their products, at that time. See pp. 538-544, above. 
Williams, Wm. Frith.—Historical (An) and Statistical account of the Bermudas, 
from their discovery to the present time. 8vo, pp. 346. London. Thos. 
C. Newby, 1848. 
Sparks, J.—Writings of George Washington, iii, p. 77. See above, p. 456. 
Winslow, Octavius.—Memoir of the Life of Mrs. Mary Winslow, n. Miss Forbes, 
wife of Capt. Winslow of the 47th Regiment, London and New York, 1860. 
Contains considerable information as to the social and religious conditions 
early in the last century, pp. 32-54. 
For a fuller Bibliography of the early Historical Writings on Bermuda, see 
Lefroy, Memorials, vol. ii (Introduction), pp. xi—xvi. 
The Ancient Archives and Records of the Colony, 1622-1685, which were 
restored and bound under the direction of Governor Lefroy, are also available 
for historical research. 
Physiography and Geology. 
Agassiz, Alecander.—Notes from the Bermudas, Amer. Journal Science, Ser. 3, 
xlvii, June, 1894, pp. 411-416. c 
Agassiz, Alexander.—A Visit to the Bermudas in March, 1894, Bulletin Mus. 
Comp. Zodl., xxvi, No. 2, pp. 209-281, with a map and 29 plates, 1895. 
Boyle, Cavendish.—Remarkable Rainfall in July, 1886. Royal Gazette, Aug. 3d 
and Aug. 17, 1886. Reprinted in Bermuda Pocket Almanac for 1887, p. 200. 
The maximum record was 19.9 inches at Boaz I. See Addenda. 
Bristol, Chas. L.—Notes on the Bermudas. Amer. Geographical Soc., June, 
1901. Also issued separately, stitched, with Greene, W. M., Historical 
Sketch. 
Bermuda Pocket Almanac: Home, David Milne.—[Description of a large] Stalag- 
mite sawn from the floor of a [Walsingham] cave in the Island of Bermuda 
[in 1819] and sent to the Museum of Edinburgh by Admiral Alexander Milne. 
Contains about 44 cubic feet. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., v, p. 423. Reprinted 
in Berm. Pocket Almanae for 1888, p. 175 ; 1889, p. 149. 
Note.—The estimates of the age of this stalagmite that have been made, based 
on the subsequent growth of the stump, are utterly unreliable, for the conditions 
are, and have always been, exceedingly variable and diverse. 
Bermuda Pocket Almanac for 1886. Rainfall on the north side of Pagets tor 10 
years, 1875-1884, p. 198. Reprinted in later years. 1888-1897, vol. for 
1898, p. 280. 
Creak, E. W.—Report on the Magnetical Results obtained by H. M. S. Challenger 
during the years 1873-76. Pt. 6, vol. ii, 1889. Two Maps. ‘‘ Magnetic dis- 
turbance was found at three stations in the eastern parts of the islands,”— 
p. 45. 
