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ISLAND OF PALMA. 



[Cn. XXJX. 



a distance of 41 geographical miles, in which space the water of the tor- 

 rent falls about 1500 feet. 



Fig. 644. 



View of the Isle of Palma, and of the entrance into the central cavity or Caldera. 

 Von Buch's " Canary Islands." 



From 



This sketch was taken by Von Buch from a point at sea not visited 

 by us, but we saw enough to convince us that several lateral cones ought 

 to have been introduced on the great slope to the left, besides numerous 

 deep furrows radiating from near the summit to the sea (see the map, 

 fig. 643). The sea does not enter the great Barranco, as might be in- 

 ferred from this sketch. 



The annexed section (fig. 645) passes through the island from Santa 

 Cruz de Palma to Briera Point, or from southeast to northwest (see 

 map, p. 494). It has been drawn up on a true scale of heights and 

 horizontal distances from the observations of Mr. Hartung and my own. 



Fig. 645. 



Section of the Island of Palma, from Point Briera, on the northwest, to Santa Cruz de Palma, oe 

 the southeast. See map, fig. 6-12, p. 494. 



ff, h. The Caldera (height of «, 6000 feet). c. Commencement of steeper dip. 



d. Santa Cruz de Palma or Tedote. 



e. Lateral cone, 3940 feet above the seaCVidal's Map). 

 /. Briera Point. 



g. One of several outliers of the upper formation in centre of Caldera. 

 S. P. Half-buried cone and crater of San Pedro, 



The lavas are seen to be slightly inclined near the sea at Santa Cruz, 

 where we observed them flowing round the cone of San Pedro, which 

 they have more than half buried without entering the crater. On start- 

 ing from the same part of the sea-coast, and ascending the deep Barranco 

 de la Madera, we saw just below c the basaltic lavas dipping at an angle 

 of 5 degrees, there being no dikes in that region. Farther up, where the 

 dikes were still scarce, the dip of the beds increases to 10 and 15 degrees, 

 and they become still steeper as they approach the Caldera at 6, where 

 dikes abound. 



