miles from the sea-shore, and at a height, as I should 4 
of at least one thousand feet above the present level of = 
southwestern neck of the island of Hayti is of compara- 
vely recent ori 
The lime oe which ae from this pulverizing action 
farnishes the cement which fills the shells and unites the pieces. 
into one solid mass, Maconnerie bon Dieu (God's Masonry) as the : 
hegroes of the French colonies call it. In consideration of ies a 
‘ c: facts the first part of our question may be answe in the affirm. 
ative. 
_ But whether = whole coast is contami and gradually ris- 
(as is the case with the coast of S n,) or 
er those different layers bags that submarine — have 
a boon th thrown up at various periods, by sudden volcanic agencies, 
Tam ata Gi teas to decide from my own observations. I will only 
State that the layers which now lie just above low-water mark, 
as sober 
ing than of a sudden paseo for the latter wo more 
tl to fracture the layers — magento nge ee original horizon- 
tal position into an angle tow 
I conclude, from the information affo: ames me, that this lime- ne 
stone formation must extend over the whole — A pal of a 
Hayti, from its western cape (Tibouron) e me thood of — 
Port-au-Prince, Further, the rocky penepere of Bar- 
ia Galante, of 'Grand-terre in ak of Antigua, 
