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64 Geology of St. Croix. 
ant days; about forty somewhat cloudy or foggy; and about | 
twenty rainy, but of these nearly one half were single rainy or 
-showery days, leaving only about ten which were of .a rain- 
storm character. Musquitoes have bitten, and frogs have peeped 
throughout the whole time, though not always in the same num- 
bers or with the same spirit. 
It-is perhaps a common impression, that there are some formic 
dable animals and many venomous reptiles in Florida. The alli- 
gator is ‘a clumsy, timid animal, never, it is believed, the assailant, 
unless it mistake a swimming boy, for its common prey. Score 
pions, snakes, lizards, &c., are common upon the barrens, and our 
soldiers, in sleeping on the ground, often came in contact with all 
of them, and were often stung by the former, gene with un- 
pleasant, but never with fatal consequences. 
Invalids have long looked to Florida as a refuge ice the north- 
em winter; and during the disturbances of the last few years, St. 
Augustine has necessarily been the only place of resort. . But 
- when peace shall be established, and the St. John’s re-occupied, 
that river will present many places of great attraction to the in- 
firm and pulmonic. 
Arr, Wh— Geology of St. Croix ; by Prof. S. Hovey, late of the 
Faculty of Yale College, Ct., and Amherst College, Mass. 
Durine two winters which I passed at St. trois for the recov- 
ery of my health, I found great relief from ennui, the well-known 
natural enemy éf invalids in such circumstances, in examining the 
physical features of the island; and, had my observations been 
more complete, the record of them might have been a valuable 
contribution to science. Limited, however, and imperfect as they 
were, I am unwilling entirely to suppress them ; especially, as 
they relat to a quarter of the world highly ernare cet and but 
little known. Should they be productive of no other benefit, I 
hope they may lead some more competent individual, who may, 
_ perhaps, be driven, as I was, to seek refuge from the rigors of a 
New England winter, in the balmy climate of the tropics, to con- 
tinue the examination, and to present to the public the more am- 
ple re sults of his investigations. My object in this article is te 
give a brief outline of the ‘geology of St. Croix. Should time 
