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calcareous formation — Subterranean channels — Oval form 

 of the group — Eight "tribes" — The town of Hamilton 

 and its general aspect — The shops — The houses in the 

 suburbs — The semi-circular suburb — Mount Langton — 

 Flag-staff — The public buildings 77 



Chapter VII. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Paget Tribe — ^Warwick and Sandy's Tribes — Ireland Island — 

 The Royal Dockyard — Naval Establishment — Hospital — 

 The officers' residences — Anchorages — Grassy Bay — Boaz 

 Island — New convict prisons — Somerset Island — Ellis Har- 

 bour — Reef extending from Spanish Point — Natural break- 

 water to the Great Sound — Romantic road from Clarence 

 Lodge to HamEton— "Brackish Pond "—" The WeUs "— 

 Wreck Hill — Gibbs' Hill — Description of Lighthouse on 

 Gibbs' HUl— Telegraphic post— The "Sand HiUs"— The 

 direction of the great road — Shore of white sand — Holo- 

 thurise — Views from the hills — Deep chasms — Declivities — 

 Surfaces of sand-hills — Incrustation of the layers of sand 

 — Transition of sand into crystalline limestone — Castle 

 Harbour — St. George's Island — Harbour of St. George — 

 Description of scenery by Thomas Moore — Fort Cunning- 

 ham — The streets — The houses — The barracks — The 

 roadstead S8 



Chapter VUL 



AGRICULTURE. 



Neglect of agriculture — Ignorance of the Bermuda farmers — 

 Continual spring — Bermuda takes the lead of all the 

 Northern markets, iu exporting her farming produce- 

 Fertility of the soil — Proposed agricultural and horti- 

 cultural Society — Advantages of Societies of scientific 

 men — Proper rotation of crops, &c. &c. — ^Little attempt 

 to improve stock — The state of horticulture in Bermuda — 

 The funds for carrying on its operations — The business 

 of the Society 98 



