﻿Yerrill 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Bermudas. 
  337 
  

  

  months, 
  while 
  they 
  built 
  a 
  small 
  vessel 
  (18 
  tons) 
  of 
  native 
  cedar 
  

   wood, 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  sailed 
  to 
  the 
  Banks 
  of 
  Newfoundland 
  

   and 
  joined 
  the 
  fishing 
  fleet 
  and 
  were 
  thus 
  taken 
  back 
  to 
  

   Europe. 
  

  

  May, 
  in 
  his 
  narrative, 
  states 
  that 
  when 
  they 
  went 
  ashore, 
  in 
  

   the 
  night, 
  they 
  supposed 
  they 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  "hie 
  cliffs," 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  they 
  found 
  that 
  

   they 
  were 
  seven 
  leagues 
  away 
  from 
  it. 
  He 
  also 
  says 
  that 
  after 
  

   building 
  a 
  raft 
  they 
  towed 
  this 
  ashore 
  " 
  astern 
  of 
  their 
  boat," 
  

   and 
  that 
  "we 
  rowed 
  all 
  the 
  day 
  until 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  two 
  before 
  

   night 
  yer 
  we 
  could 
  come 
  on 
  land." 
  

  

  Historians 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  misled 
  by 
  this 
  statement 
  and 
  

   have 
  even 
  imagined 
  that 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  wrecked 
  on 
  some 
  

   far 
  more 
  distant 
  island 
  which 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  worn 
  away 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   merged.* 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  May 
  meant 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  seven 
  

   leagues 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  to 
  row, 
  for 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  cross 
  the 
  reefs 
  

   at 
  that 
  point, 
  in 
  the 
  surf, 
  and 
  must 
  have 
  rowed 
  along 
  outside 
  

   of 
  the 
  reef 
  till 
  they 
  reached 
  the 
  present 
  ship 
  channel 
  and 
  there 
  

   entered 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  landed, 
  probably 
  on 
  St. 
  George's 
  Island. 
  

   This 
  would 
  have 
  caused 
  them 
  to 
  row 
  about 
  seven 
  leagues 
  and 
  

   would 
  doubtless 
  have 
  taken 
  all 
  day 
  with 
  the 
  boat 
  heavily 
  laden 
  

   and 
  towing 
  a 
  raft 
  astern. 
  He 
  mentions 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  wild 
  

   hogs 
  there 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  showing 
  that 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  

   introduced 
  there 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  date, 
  perhaps 
  accidentally 
  from 
  

   some 
  wreck, 
  but 
  more 
  probably 
  intentionally 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   buccaneers, 
  as 
  was 
  customary 
  in 
  those 
  days. 
  

  

  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  several 
  photographs 
  taken 
  at 
  various 
  times 
  

   within 
  the 
  past 
  thirty 
  years, 
  shows 
  but 
  little 
  alteration 
  in 
  these 
  

   North 
  Bocks, 
  but 
  some 
  very 
  severe 
  storm 
  may 
  suddenly 
  over- 
  

   throw 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  extreme 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   outer 
  reefs, 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  islands. 
  They 
  stand 
  on 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  patch 
  of 
  flat 
  reef, 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  laid 
  bare 
  by 
  

   low 
  tide's. 
  They 
  are 
  15 
  or 
  16 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  are 
  evidently 
  the 
  

   remains 
  of 
  an 
  island 
  of 
  considerable 
  height 
  and 
  extent 
  that 
  has 
  

   been 
  nearly 
  worn 
  away 
  to 
  the 
  sea-level 
  by 
  erosion. 
  But 
  the 
  

   evidence 
  from 
  the 
  ancient 
  seal 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  erosion 
  even 
  

   in 
  this 
  exposed 
  situation 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  rapid, 
  though 
  these 
  rocks 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  decreased 
  somewhat 
  in 
  height. 
  

  

  Correlation 
  with 
  geological 
  changes 
  on 
  our 
  coast. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Rice 
  thought 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  compare 
  the 
  changes 
  of 
  

   level 
  at 
  Bermuda 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  coast. 
  Mr. 
  

   Agassiz 
  considered 
  it 
  useless 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  mainly, 
  it 
  appears, 
  

   because 
  of 
  the 
  volcanic 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  substructure. 
  Ilow- 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Lefroy. 
  Memorials, 
  vol. 
  I, 
  p. 
  9. 
  Also. 
  Jones, 
  Recent 
  Observations 
  in 
  the 
  

   Bermudas. 
  

  

  