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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo18amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Characteristic coast scene of Bermuda. — The Bermuda Islands :iy in liiii.stiiin- tdiiuiMi through the centuries by coral polyps; the islands rest on the top of a suboceanic volcano. This discovery was made in deep well boring "The Flora of Bermuda": A Review' By JOHN W. H A R 8 H B E R G E R Professor of Botany, the University of Pennsylvania THE Bermuda Islands have long at- tracted the American tourist because of their accessibility to New York City by a regular line of fast steamers. The number of visitors has been reduced greatly since the present war began, but there is every reason to believe that the popularity of these islands will be restored when the final treaty of peace is signed. There are so many attractions that it is hard to know where to begin in enumerating them. The blue sky and still bluer sea, rivaling the Bay of Naples in depth of color, the coral reefs, the bathing, the boating, the sailing, and the deep-sea fishing have long been famous. The geologist has been attracted by the interest- ing matters connected with the formation from the ground-up remains of corals and calcareous seaweeds of the rocks, the sands, the soil, and the limestone caverns with their stalactites. The character of the sinks and picturesque cliflfs has also appealed to him. ^ The Flora of Bermvda, by Xathaniel Lord Britton, 718 The recent discovery, described by Dr. Brit- ton in the introduction of his book, that the limestone cap lies on top of rocks of volcanic origin, as revealed by deep well boring, is a matter of intense interest. The visiting geologist is informed that of the 1400 feet penetrated by the boring, the first 360 feet are in the limestones of the usual character known in Bermuda. Below them for 200 feet, soft yellowish to brown, often clay-like rocks are met, whose nature indicates that they are more or less decomposed volcanic tuffs. Below them blackish to gray compact volcanic rocks are found, of andesitic and basaltic appearance. The study of the sec- tion made from a chip indicates that this is a lava, and, though considerably altered, an augite-andesite. This rock continues without essential change in character for the remain- ing 800 feet penetrated. The zoologist is fascinated by the beautifully colored fishes, by the sea anemones, the holothurians, the pp. xi, 585, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918.

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