﻿THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Drawn 
  by 
  James 
  M. 
  Darley 
  

  

  A 
  MAP 
  OF 
  THE 
  BERMUDA 
  ISLANDS 
  

  

  The 
  outline 
  sketch 
  shows 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  archipelago 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  seaboard 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  — 
  600 
  miles 
  from 
  Cape 
  Hatteras 
  and 
  700 
  miles 
  from 
  Charleston 
  and 
  New 
  York. 
  

   The 
  insert 
  map 
  shows 
  the 
  coral 
  reefs 
  which 
  border 
  the 
  fishhook-shaped 
  group 
  of 
  islands 
  on 
  

   the 
  north, 
  west, 
  and 
  south 
  (see 
  text, 
  pages 
  1, 
  2, 
  and 
  3). 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  about 
  800 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   nearest 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies; 
  they 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  300 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  or 
  

   southeastern 
  edge 
  of 
  that 
  river 
  of 
  warm 
  

   water, 
  100 
  fathoms 
  deep, 
  flowing 
  over 
  an 
  

   ocean 
  depth 
  of 
  2,500 
  fathoms, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  to 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  Nova 
  

   Scotia, 
  and 
  beyond 
  to 
  European 
  shores, 
  

   which 
  we 
  call 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  irregular 
  hills 
  and 
  ridges 
  of 
  

  

  comminuted 
  shells, 
  reaching 
  in 
  some 
  

   places 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  250 
  feet, 
  drifted 
  and 
  

   deposited 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  

   mountainous 
  column 
  of 
  volcanic 
  rock 
  ris- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  three 
  miles 
  

   below. 
  This 
  peak 
  is 
  a 
  solitary 
  one 
  in 
  all 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean. 
  It 
  has 
  

   been 
  covered 
  by 
  this 
  seolian 
  limestone 
  and 
  

   a 
  thinner 
  plaster 
  of 
  coral 
  rock. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  expedition 
  of 
  H. 
  M. 
  S. 
  

  

  