857 A. EH. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 445 
for vessels bound from Bermuda to New York; from New York to Bermuda ; 
between Halifax and Bermuda; from Barbadoes or neighboring West India 
Islands to Bermuda; and from England to Bermuda. These directions were 
reprinted in several editions of Blunt’s American Coast Pilot. Cole. 
In the Library of Yale University are three volumes of unpublished corre- 
spondence between Gov. Reid and Mr. Wm. C. Redfield, mostly relating to 
meteorology. Refers to the sending of plows and many other implements, and. 
many garden seeds, etc., in 1840-45. 
Rice, Wm. North.—Geology of Bermuda. Bulletin United States Nat. Museum, 
No. 25, part i, pp. 5-32, with illustrations and a map, 1884. Reviewed in 
Amer. Jour. Science, ser. 3, xxix, p. 338, 1885, by J. D. Dana. 
Scott, Andrew.—Notes on the Bermuda Islands. Amer. Jour. Sci., ser. 2, xxiv, 
p. 274, Sept., 1857. (Geological.) 
Stevenson, John J.—Notes on the Geology of the Bermudas. Trans. New York 
Acad. Sciences, xvi, pp. 96-124, with map and two plates, March, 1897. 
Tarr, Ralph S.—Changes of Level in the Bermuda Islands. American Geologist, 
_ xix, pp. 298-308, plates 16-18, May, 1897. 
Thomson, Sir C. Wyville.—Geological Peculiarities of the Bermudas. Nature, 
vol. vili, pp. 266, 267, 1 cut, July, 1873.- 
Thomson, Sir C. Wyville-—Voyage of the Challenger. The Atlantic, vol. 1. 
Chapter IV, with map. London, 1877; N. Y., 1878. 
Tizard, T. H., and others.—Narrative af the cruise of H. M.S. Challenger, with 
a general account of the scientific results of the expedition. 2 vols in 3. 
1882-1885 [vol. 1, 1884-85, vol. 2, 1882. ]. 
Vol. i, pt. 1.—General description of the geology, flora, and fauna of the Ber- 
mudas; giving the movements of the members of the expedition, during their 
two visits, from April 3-23, and from May 28 to June 13, 1873; illustrated with 
19 woodcuts, a diagram, and three charts, pp. 136-153, 160-167; other references 
to Bermuda, pp. 431, 483-484. See Cole, Bibliog. Chall. Exped. ; and same 
issued as Separata. 
Vol. i, pt. 2.—Revised table, showing the positions of the soundings, the tem- 
perature, etc., of surface and bottom water, trawlings, dredgings, etc., near Ber- 
muda, Appendix II., pp. 1008-1009 ; report on the chronometers and the meri- 
dian distances obtained, while at Bermuda, Appendix III., pp. 1017-1026. The 
result obtained was as follows: Bermuda Island, Dockyard clock tower, 32° 
19’ 4” North Latitude, 64° 51’ 36” West Longitude on chart, but by Challenger’s 
observer 64° 49’ 24" West Longitude, the meridian based upon Gibraltar and 
Halifax. Cole. 
Vol. ii.—Abstract of magnetical observations taken at fifteen different points 
- on land, at Bermuda, with descriptive references to observation spots, pp. 25, 
46; pp. 56-59; Abstract of Variations, etc., pp. 76; 114-119 ; 274-276 ; 276-277 ; 
278-279 ; 280-281 ; 296-297; 346-352 ; 364-369. Cole. 
Verrill, Addison E.—Notes on the Geology of the Bermudas, Amer. Journ. 
Science, ser, 4, vol. ix, pp. 315-340, with 11 cuts and a map, May, 1900. 
Medical. 
Brainerd, John B.—Letter from Bermuda. Boston Medical and Surgical 
Journal. Boston. 8°. Vol. 118 (No. 16, April 19, 1888), p. 411-412. 
Note.—Statistics of temperature for ten years give highest as 90°, lowest 42°. 
While it is no place for comsumptives it is just the place for overworked 
and jaded men, Cole. 
