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  Verrill 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Bermudas. 
  

  

  point. 
  The 
  two 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  sketch 
  are 
  represented 
  as 
  nearly 
  

   equal 
  in 
  height, 
  but 
  now 
  one 
  is 
  decidedly 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  

   other. 
  

  

  This 
  ancient 
  sketch, 
  imperfect 
  as 
  it 
  naturally 
  is, 
  corresponds 
  

   remarkably 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  outlines 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

   photograph. 
  This 
  proves 
  that 
  these 
  rocks 
  have 
  undergone 
  but 
  

   little 
  change 
  in 
  general 
  form 
  since 
  the 
  early 
  settlement 
  of 
  Ber- 
  

   muda, 
  for 
  this 
  seal 
  was 
  probably 
  engraved 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1615-18. 
  

  

  Figure 
  11. 
  — 
  North 
  Eocks. 
  From 
  a 
  photograph 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Hyle, 
  

   previous 
  to 
  1884. 
  

  

  The 
  sketch 
  was 
  very 
  likely 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Norwood 
  for 
  this 
  pur- 
  

   pose, 
  for 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  good 
  ability 
  as 
  a 
  draughtsman, 
  and 
  

   was 
  making 
  his 
  first 
  survey 
  in 
  1617. 
  The 
  scene 
  probably 
  com- 
  

   memorates 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  a 
  French 
  vessel 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  Nov., 
  

   1593, 
  on 
  board 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  one 
  English 
  seaman, 
  Henry 
  May, 
  

   who 
  published 
  after 
  his 
  escape 
  to 
  England, 
  in 
  1594, 
  an 
  account 
  

   of 
  his 
  experiences 
  and 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  but 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  

   these 
  islands, 
  which, 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time, 
  were 
  known 
  in 
  England 
  

   only 
  as 
  dangers 
  to 
  be 
  carefully 
  avoided. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  of 
  

   this 
  vessel 
  were 
  saved 
  (about 
  26 
  persons), 
  and 
  they 
  subsequently 
  

   brought 
  ashore 
  their 
  provisions, 
  tools, 
  and 
  the 
  fittings 
  of 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  " 
  before 
  she 
  split." 
  They 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  islands 
  five 
  

  

  * 
  That 
  this 
  sketch 
  does 
  not 
  represent 
  the 
  wreck 
  of 
  the 
  "Sea 
  Venture," 
  with 
  

   Sir 
  George 
  Somers, 
  Sir 
  Thos. 
  Gates 
  and 
  their 
  party, 
  July 
  28, 
  1609, 
  is 
  evident, 
  for 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  narratives 
  of 
  Somers 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  his 
  companions, 
  their 
  vessel 
  

   went 
  aground 
  on 
  the 
  southeast 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  islands, 
  within 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  of 
  the 
  shore, 
  and 
  they 
  landed 
  at 
  a 
  bay 
  then 
  named 
  Gates 
  Bay 
  from 
  Sir 
  Thos. 
  

   Gates. 
  No 
  other 
  important 
  wrecks 
  occurred 
  about 
  that 
  period, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known. 
  

  

  