﻿special 
  Report 
  No. 
  j 
  

   THE 
  FIVE 
  ISLANDS 
  

  

  BY 
  

  

  Arthur 
  C. 
  Veatch 
  

  

  CONTENTS 
  

   Introduction 
  

  

  Page 
  Page 
  

  

  The 
  writer's 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Mapping 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  213 
  

  

  islands 
  213 
  

  

  History 
  of 
  the 
  Study 
  of 
  the 
  Islands 
  

   Period 
  Before 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  Rock 
  Salt 
  

  

  Stoddard 
  213 
  Darby 
  214 
  

  

  Tho7nassy' 
  s 
  first 
  visit 
  214 
  

  

  Period 
  Since 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  Rock 
  Salt 
  

  

  Tho7nassy' 
  s 
  second 
  visit 
  215 
  Pomeroy 
  218 
  

  

  Owen 
  215 
  Bolton 
  218 
  

  

  Goessma7in 
  215 
  Joor 
  218 
  

  

  Hilgard 
  215 
  Lerch 
  and 
  Vaughan 
  218 
  

  

  Lockett, 
  217 
  Clendenin 
  219 
  

  

  Hopkins 
  217 
  Lticas 
  219 
  

  

  Rapley 
  217 
  

  

  Geographical 
  Position 
  and 
  General 
  Topographi- 
  

   cal 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Islands 
  

   Geographical 
  Position 
  

  

  Location 
  219 
  Snrroiinding 
  cojintry 
  220 
  

  

  General, 
  Topography 
  

  

  Island-like 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  Area 
  220 
  

  

  hills 
  220 
  Elevation 
  .... 
  220 
  

  

  Belle 
  Isle 
  

   Location 
  

   Geograph 
  ica 
  I 
  su 
  rro 
  u 
  n 
  dings 
  .221 
  

  

  