THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



BOSS' COVE. 



GEOLOGY. 



The geological interests of the Bermudas are peculiar, and 

 by no means inconsiderable, as they belong to the class of 

 " Formations now in progress." They, like the Bahamas, 

 are plainly Coral formations below low-water mark, and 

 -^olian above it. The vital powers which produce the 

 former, and the mechanical action of the wind to which 

 the latter are referable, being still in action. Hence, with 

 two possible exceptions, no traces of the remains of even 

 locally extinct animals or plants have yet been discovered, 

 or can reasonably be expected. Some years ago, a very 

 valuable Paper on the Geology of the Bermudas, appeared 

 in the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, 



