CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. 



HISTORY, 



Modern Cathay— New highway of natiaaa— Coast soenory— 

 Discovery—Shipwreck of Barbotitoe and Henry May— 

 Of Sir George Soraors— Extension of charter by King 

 James I. to the Virginia Company — Formation of the 

 Bermttda Company — Colony under QoTornor Moor — 

 Governor Tucker — Governor Butler — Krst cultivators 

 of the soil— The black African— The kidnappers— Com- 

 position of the first General Assembly — Distinguished 

 emigrants — Edmund 'Waller — His Battel of the Summer 

 Islands — Is a member of the Long Parliament — Con- 

 spiracy, escape, and residence in the Bermudas . 1 



ClLlPTER U. 



CLIMATE. 



Warmth of the Gulf Stream— The Island celebrated by the 

 Bard of Erin— Effects of residence in Bermuda on persona 

 predisposed to scrofula or pulmonary consumption — Bfffeets 

 of the Gulf Stream on the climate of Bermuda — The 

 operations of the climate on agricultural produce — 

 Seasons — Sailing directions between Bermuda and New 

 York or the Chesapeake- Yellow fever— H, M.'s hulk 

 Thames — The unhealthy character of the Tenedos — The 

 medical board — Some account pf the yellow fever of 1858 

 — Its severity among the natives — ^Less fatal to Europeans 

 —Hints to invalids feom northern climates as to the pre- 

 servation of health in Bermuda 18 



