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hidden crevices when young, but cannot now escape. It is certainly 
a very beautiful natural aquarium. 
5.—Harbors and Sounds. 
In many cases the gradual erosion of the sea-cliffs by the waves 
and the encroachments of the sea, have connected similar sinks and 
natural fish ponds with the outside waters by means of narrow or 
wide channels, thus forming partly enclosed harbors, lagoons, or 
bays, as they are variously called. Every stage in this process can 
be seen in progress. There is a little landlocked cave on Coney 
Island, with a shell-sand beach, but connected with the open water 
only by a narrow channel, between high limestone ledges, barely 
wide enough for a row-boat to pass through (figure 23). A similar 
miniature harbor may be seen near the roadside between Bailey Bay 
and Shelly Bay. It is said to have become connected with the sea in 
quite recent times. It is easy to see that this same process, when it 
opens up a larger valley or sink, will give rise to larger lagoons and 
Figure 23.—Cove at Coney Island, with a narrow entrance. 
harbors. No doubt Hungry Bay, Harrington Sound, St. George’s 
Harbor, and other harbors have been formed partly in this way, 
though doubtless in combination with the effects of the great sub- 
sidence of all the land that took place in a late geological period. 
(See Geology.) 
