The history of Barbados; comprising a geographical and statistical description of the island; a sketch of the historical events since the settlement; and an account of its geology and natural productions (1848)
Schomburgk, Robert H. (Robert Hermann), 1804-1865 · London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans · leaf 646
on a broken pane of glass, and as, a great portion of them remained open after the shocks, it is very possible that this country was permanently upraised.” I quote this passage from Mr. Lyell’s ‘Principles of Geology’1, where it is illustrated by a sketch, of which I give the outlines : the size of… … on the preceding page with the above sketch, the analogy between the radiation of the fissures caused by the earthquake, and the direction of the ravines or gullies in Barbados, is very remarkable. I would not assert it as my opinion that these gullies, as we find them at present, were caused along…
Natural history
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