﻿Ill] 
  The 
  Five 
  Islands 
  : 
  Grand 
  Cote 
  231 
  

  

  not 
  quite 
  so 
  full 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  desired. 
  There 
  are 
  but 
  two 
  sources 
  

   of 
  such 
  information 
  ; 
  the 
  sea-cliff 
  and 
  an 
  artesian 
  well 
  near 
  the 
  

   sugar 
  house. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  composed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  brown- 
  

   ish 
  )'ellow 
  loamy 
  cla3^ 
  At 
  one 
  point 
  near 
  the 
  northeast 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  island 
  a 
  guUj^ 
  exposes 
  a 
  little 
  rather 
  clayey 
  sand 
  with 
  some 
  

   gravel 
  scattered 
  through 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  sea-cliff 
  section. 
  — 
  The 
  sea- 
  cliff 
  section 
  has 
  changed 
  since 
  

   Hilgard's 
  visit 
  in 
  1869 
  as 
  one 
  would 
  naturally 
  expect 
  ; 
  the 
  con- 
  

   stant 
  encroachment 
  of 
  the 
  waves 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  would 
  exhibit 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  beds 
  and 
  in 
  such 
  irregularl}^ 
  bedded 
  

   material 
  a 
  fairly 
  marked 
  change 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  for. 
  

  

  Sectio7i 
  at 
  Sea-cliff 
  

  

  Feet. 
  

  

  1. 
  lyight 
  yellow 
  surface 
  clay, 
  contains 
  some 
  lime 
  11 
  

  

  2. 
  Green 
  or 
  blush-green 
  clay 
  i 
  

  

  3. 
  Reddish, 
  greasy 
  looking 
  joint 
  clay 
  with 
  manj^ 
  lime- 
  

  

  stone 
  concretions 
  7-8 
  

  

  4. 
  Very 
  fine 
  light 
  red 
  silt 
  with 
  thin 
  clay 
  partings 
  about 
  

  

  ever}" 
  six 
  inches. 
  I,ooks 
  like 
  successive 
  flood 
  depos- 
  

   its 
  as 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  Red 
  river 
  11 
  

  

  5. 
  Same 
  as 
  above 
  but 
  with 
  more 
  cla}- 
  15 
  

  

  6. 
  Grayish 
  yellow 
  clay 
  eroded 
  in 
  irregular 
  forms 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  waves 
  to 
  water 
  level 
  2 
  

  

  No 
  trace 
  of 
  fresh 
  water 
  shells 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  Particles 
  of 
  

   vegetable 
  matter 
  could 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  several 
  layers, 
  particularl}^ 
  in 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  layer 
  six. 
  Quite 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  calcareous 
  

   concretions 
  which 
  cover 
  the 
  beach 
  were 
  broken 
  open 
  in 
  a 
  search 
  

   for 
  fossils. 
  Off 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  bluff 
  numerous 
  

   stumps 
  and 
  trunks 
  of 
  trees 
  are 
  seen, 
  ranging 
  all 
  the 
  w^ay 
  from 
  

   the 
  tree 
  which 
  has 
  just 
  fallen 
  in 
  from 
  a 
  recent 
  cave 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  

   to 
  the 
  old 
  remnants 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  battling 
  with 
  the 
  waves 
  

   for 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  Unfortunateh' 
  the 
  data 
  from 
  the 
  Sugar 
  house 
  well 
  are 
  not 
  ac- 
  

   cessible 
  at 
  present. 
  

  

  Grande 
  C6te 
  

   Location 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  commmiication 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  land. 
  — 
  Until 
  the 
  early 
  

   sixties 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  reach 
  Grande 
  Cote 
  or 
  (Weeks' 
  Island) 
  

   from 
  the 
  main 
  land 
  was 
  by 
  a 
  canoe 
  through 
  Week's 
  bayou 
  from 
  

   Prairie 
  Au 
  Large 
  below 
  New 
  Iberia. 
  All 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  