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seen, while along the coral strand are found rare sea-weeds and. shells, 
mingled with the pink-colored nullipore and débris of the reefs. 
Devil’s Hole.—This is a cavernous recess filled with salt water on the 
south side of Harrington Sound, about midway between Walsingham 
and the Flatts. For years it has been one of the “lions” of Bermuda, 
as it generally contains a stock of groupers (Serrani), and sundry other 
fishes; which swim about and can be as easily seen as if in an aquarium. 
Here will be found a species of ground shark, which, although not un- 
common on the east coast of America, is, from its retired habits, very 
rarely seen. The angel-fish (Holacanthus) will be observed disporting 
itself in the clear waters, as if proud of its splendid livery. The group- 
ers themselves are easily recognizable, as they crowd together with open 
mouths in hopes of a feed when the visitor arrives. 
Harrington Sound, which lies before the visitor as he emerges from 
the entrance door to Devil’s Hole, probably possesses in itself and its 
surroundings more picturesque scenery than any other locality in the 
islands. Its surface is usually calm, owing to its land-locked position, 
and a boating excursion on its waters, especially about the shores of 
Trunk Island, will reveal many submarine wonders to the eye of the 
naturalist, in the form of gorgonias, sponges, corals, and hosts of other 
things. Its northern shore, westward of Bailey’s Bay Church, presents 
a series of high cliffs, in many places quite inaccessible, much to the 
satisfaction of the several pairs of tropic birds which here annually, in 
perfect security, make their nesting places and rear their young. From 
the water is seen the high cliff known as “ Devil’s Head,” its face all 
ragged and torn by the storms of many winters. From out its numer- 
ous crevices spring dwarf trees and shrubs, whose only holdfast appears 
to be the solid rock on which they grow, while circling around its shat- 
tered brow the tropic birds lazily float, mingling their plaintive cries 
with the sounds of the rippling wavelets which dash on the rock-bound 
shore a hundred feet below. Harrington Sound, owing to the fact that 
the rise and fall of the tide is almost nothing, is one of the best places 
for collecting corals, such as Millepora Oculina, Meandrina, Porites, 
Mycedium, and Siderastrea. Here occur in great numbers the Bermuda 
scollop, Pecten ziczac, fished for at a depth of 5 or 6 fathoms by means of 
long-handled nipper. 
Flatt’s Bridge.— At the western end of Harrington Sound there is an 
outlet into Flatt’s Harbor, through which the tide ebbs and flows with 
great impetus. This channel has from the earliest times been spanned 
