10 THE NATUEAIIST IN BEEMUDA. 



The North Eock, which lies some niae miles to the north- 

 ward of the islands, is obviously the last remnant of a 

 former island ; the tops of the pinnacles are stratified. In 

 old French charts, the North Eock is called "Les Petites 

 Bermudas." According to Williams, in his History of the 

 Bermudas, this rock, or rather rocks, — for there are four, 

 needle-like structures, — stand ten feet above high water, 

 and vary from -four to about eight feet in diameter, and, 

 when struck by the hand, they ring, being sonorous in a 

 remarkable degree. 



