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probably for tying it to a handle. The larger ones were 
made of trachytic rock ; the smaller ones appeared to be a 
kind of trap, and much resembled in shape those used by 
the Maories of New Zealand. 
On the 27th November we received news of the earth- 
quake which had taken place at St. Thomason the 18th. 
The most extraordinary stories were told, and though tli8 
magnitude of the calamity at St. Thomas was not, perhaps, 
very greatly exaggerated, yet the truth was distorted in 
many ways, and the disasters were extended to places 
which really had not felt them. 
I left Dominica this day for Barbados, sailing to the 
north-east of Martinique, which gave me an opportunity 
of seeing how like the formation of that Island is to Do- 
minica. Subsequently I visited St. Lucia and Grenada, 
which are both essentially volcanic in structure ; but there 
are possibly some local variations in the composition of 
tho rocks. One very remarkable feature of St. Lucia is 
the curious conical hills called the Pitons, which rise al- 
most perpendicularly from the sea to a considerable height. 
As no description can give any idea of these hills, I have 
engraved my rough sketches of them, which are hereto 
appended; 
In passing St. Yincent it is not difficult to observe the 
volcanic nature of that Island. At the northern end the 
Souffriere is pointed out. It is a volcano scarcely extinct, 
for in 1812 it was the scene of the most considerable erup- 
tion known to have occurred in the West Indies. 
At present I believe there is no other sign of activity 
than the sulphur springs in the old crater. From accounts 
and drawings furnished to me by residents there, it ap 1 - 
pears to me that in the Souffriere the beds dip outwards on 
sides from the crater. Great part of the sides of the 
