54 A GEOLOGICAL HISTORY. 



is rolling in its waves ; and at all storms from the 

 south and east, lobsters, crabs, shell-fish and other 

 inhabitants of the deep, are thrown up from the 

 bottom of the ocean. In a tremendous storm, 

 about the first of March, 1839, on the beaches of 

 this part of the island, was a wind-row of shells, 

 from ten to twelve feet wide, and from two to three 

 feet deep, that skirted the line of high-water for 

 miles ; these shells contained the living animals, 

 and thousands of crows (Corvus Americanus) came 

 here to feed on them — they were the beach clam 

 or skimmer (Mactra gigantea) Natica heros and 

 duplicata, and many other bivalves and univalves, 

 with many species of Crustacea, and one species 

 of asterias. These shells, crabs, &c, were thrown 

 in a layer or series, with the sand at their bottom 

 and top, with a dip to the south similar to what 

 we see in some members of ancient formations. 



