﻿Verrill 
  — 
  JTotes 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Bermudas. 
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  But 
  there 
  is 
  evidence 
  from 
  these 
  early 
  maps 
  that 
  no 
  changes 
  

   in 
  level 
  of 
  appreciable 
  amount 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  during 
  275 
  

   years, 
  nor 
  any 
  notable 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  size, 
  even 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  

   islands, 
  by 
  erosion. 
  Had 
  any 
  change 
  of 
  level 
  taken 
  place, 
  it 
  

   would 
  have 
  produced 
  marked 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  

   the 
  shallow 
  lagoons 
  and 
  bays 
  with 
  low 
  shores, 
  such 
  as 
  Mullet 
  

   Bay. 
  But 
  the 
  ancient 
  maps 
  correspond 
  remarkably 
  well 
  with 
  

   the 
  modern 
  ones 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  

   bodies 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  Figure 
  10. 
  — 
  Facsimile 
  of 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  seal 
  of 
  the 
  Bermuda 
  Com- 
  

   pany, 
  engraved 
  on 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  Norwood's 
  map 
  of 
  Bermuda, 
  published 
  in 
  1626. 
  

   It 
  shows 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  May's 
  vessel 
  in 
  1593, 
  alongside 
  of 
  Xorth 
  Bocks, 
  which 
  

   then 
  appeared 
  much 
  as 
  at 
  present. 
  Enlarged 
  1-^- 
  times. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Norwood 
  map 
  of 
  1626, 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  corners, 
  are 
  

   engravings 
  of 
  the 
  seal 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  Bermuda 
  Company. 
  On 
  

   the 
  reverse 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  seal 
  (fig. 
  10) 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  wrecked 
  

   vessel 
  alongside 
  of 
  two 
  high 
  rocks, 
  which 
  are 
  easily 
  recognized 
  as 
  

   the 
  two 
  main 
  North 
  Bocks. 
  The 
  vessel, 
  with 
  broken 
  masts, 
  

   stands 
  upright 
  between 
  the 
  largest 
  rock 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  that 
  

   exists 
  to 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  is 
  therefore 
  concealed 
  by 
  the 
  hull 
  of 
  the 
  

   vessel. 
  In 
  a 
  photographic 
  view 
  (fig. 
  1L) 
  taken 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Hyle, 
  of 
  Bermuda, 
  a 
  man 
  stands 
  where 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   stood 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  views 
  are 
  apparently 
  from 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  