146 THE NATUEALIST IN BBKMUDA. 



But in order laore fully to show tlie variable nature of 

 the 'Mudian climate, we thiok it as well to insert also the 

 thermometrical and miscellaneous observations for each 

 month of the year 1854, taken by our friend Mr. Hurdis. 



The Bermudas are subject, but fortunately at rare iuter- 

 vals, to shocks of earthquake, which hitherto have happily 

 done no harm beyond frightening the inhabitants, and thus 

 interrupting the usual routine of their peaceable existence. 

 An account of the last visitation of this nature, which took 

 place on the 2nd of March of the present year, will be 

 found in the following pages. 



Hurricanes occur at iatervals during the latter part of 

 summer, and heavy gales very often during the winter 

 months, doing considerable injury to trees, crops, and 

 habitations, the former being uprooted, or having their 

 branches stript of foliage, and torn asunder by the fury of 

 the storm. The great hurricane which occurred on the 11th 

 of September, 1839, did considerable damage to property 

 of all descriptions. 



