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Eriksted, showing the absence of shore cliffs.

Fig. 10 — A rough outline of Statia, as seen through hazy air from the northwest end of St. Kitts: the huge inclined slabs of limestone, known as the “White Wall,” on the shore of the cone, appear to have been lifted up from a preëxistent submarine bank when the volcano was formed.

Fig. 11 — The southeastern part of St. Kitts (from British Admiralty Chart No. 487).

Fig. 14 — Basseterre, the chief town of St. Kitts, on the shore

Fig. 15 — Nevis (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1011).

Fig. 16 — Nevis, as seen from the southwest. The young cone is built are seen in Saddle and Cone mountains.

Fig. 17 — The northern side of Nevis, looking east.

Fig. 18 — Morne au Diable, a maturely dissected volcano at the northern end of Dominica.

Fig. 19 — Morne au Diable (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart N0. 1318).

Fig. 20 — The southwestern coast of Dominica.

Fig. 20 — The southwestern coast of Dominica.

Fig. 21 — An embayed and cliffed part of the east coast of Dominica (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1318).

Fig. 22 — Cliffed headlands of southwestern Martinique.

Fig. 23 — Cliffed headlands of southern Martinique.

Fig. 24 — Cliff and stack of southernmost Martinique.

Fig. 25 — The embayed and cliffed coast of southwestern Martinique (from British Admiralty Chart No. 371).

Fig. 26 — The embayed coast and coral reefs of eastern Martinique (from British Admiralty Chart No. 371).

Fig. 27 — The mud flow of southwestern St. Lucia, by which several to the main island.

Fig. 28 — The Grand Piton, on the southwest coast of St. Lucia, where it is adjoined by the cliff-margined mud flow; looking northwest. The Petit Piton rises in the background.

Fig. 29 — The Petit Piton, next north of the Grand Piton on the southwest coast of St. Lucia; looking east.

Fig. 2 — Saba Island (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1011)

Fig. 30 — The delta plain of the Cul de Sac embayment, cultivated as a sugar plantation, on the west coast of St. Lucia; looking southwest. The rectangular subdivision of the plain is drawn to emphasize its levelness. That the enclosing ridges had already gained their maturely dissected forms before submergence reached its present measure is shown by the way in which short arms of the plain enter small side valleys. See also Fig. 35.

Fig. 31 — The low cliffs of the mid-west coast, St. Lucia.

Fig. 31 — The low cliffs of the mid-west coast, St. Lucia.

Fig. 32 — The east coast of St. Lucia (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1261).

Fig- 33 — The highest headland cliffs on the east coast of St. Lucia; the village of Dennery occupies a beach in the left foreground. An important sugar plantation lies on a delta plain between the low ridge in the middle distance and the higher ridge in the background.

Fig. 34 — An elevated cliff-base platform, near Wellington, New Zealand.

Fig. 35 — The inner part of the delta plain of Cul de Sac, St. Lucia, looking northwest. See also Fig. 30.

Fig. 36 — The village of Soufrière on a delta front on the southwest coast of St. Lucia.

Fig. 36 — The village of Soufrière on a delta front on the southwest coast of St. Lucia.

Fig- 37 — The delta plain of the Roseau valley on the west coast of St. Lucia looking southwest. See also Figs. 30 and 35.

Fig. 38 — Cliffed headlands west of Kingstown harbor, southern end of St. Vincent.

Fig. 39 — Part of St. Thomas, as seen from the south. The immaturity spurs and valleys is strikingly shown. Part of the town of St. Thomas

Fig. 3 — One of the Saints, south of Guadeloupe, with moderately cliffed headlands between well-developed drowned-valley embayments; looking west

Fig. 40 — Spurs and islands on the southwest coast of St. Thomas, as and southwest.

Fig. 41 — The eastern end of St. Thomas and the western end of St. John (from U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 905).

Fig. 42 — Great Harbor, Culebra, looking northwest.

Fig. 43 — Norman and Peter islands (reproduced from British Admiralty Chart No. 2019). These skeleton islands lie southeast of St. Thomas, two miles back from the outer border of the great Virgin Island bank. The form of the islands suggests a long period of erosion without abrasion followed by a brief period of relatively strong submergence in association with which the headland cliffs were abraded.

Fig. 44 — The embayed island of Tortola and the near-by islands (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 3904).

Fig. 45 — The embayed island of Virgin Gorda (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 3904).

Fig. 46 — A cliffed island at the entrance to St. Thomas harbor, looking north.

Fig. 47 — Cockroach Island, northwest of St. Thomas, looking east.

Fig. 48 — Cockroach Island, northwest of St. Thomas, looking north.

Fig. 49 — Diagram of a partly submerged cliff.

Fig. 4 — Part of one of the Saints (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 362).

Fig. 50 — Part of Union Island, one of the Grenadines; looking southeast. The subdued forms of the island, taken in connection with its pronounced embayments and immature headland cliffs, suggest that it was first subjected to erosion for a long period, then moderately submerged and embayed and immaturely cliffed.

Fig. 51 — Cannouan Island, one of the Grenadines (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1640).

Fig. 52 — Diamond Island, a cliffed stack in the southern Grenadines.

Fig- 53 — The embayed southeast coast of Grenada (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1316)

Fig. 54 — Ham bluff, the precipitous northwest coast of St. Croix.

Fig- 55 — A lightly cliffed headland on the north coast of St. Croix.

Fig. 56 — The western end of St. Croix at Fred

Fig. 57 — The non-cliffed north coast of St. Croix at Christiansted.

Fig. 58 — The north coast of eastern St. Croix.

Fig. 59 — Ideal section of an atoll.

Fig. 5 — A rough outline of the residual island of Redonda, north of Montserrat; looking north.

Fig. 60 — Ideal section of the uptilted and down-worn half of the same atoll, drawn on twice the scale of Figure 59.

Fig. 61 — The subdued mountains of volcanic rocks in the southwestern quarter of Antigua. No shore cliffs are seen here.

Fig. 61 — The subdued mountains of volcanic rocks in the southwestern quarter of Antigua. No shore cliffs are seen here.

Fig. 62 — The subdued spurs on the south side of Willoughby Bay, southeast coast of Antigua, seen from a ridge on the north side of the bay. The slight amount of cliff cutting on the spur ends is notable.

Fig. 63 — Rough plan of part of the west coast of Antigua, showing slightly cliffed headlands and beach-filled bays.

Fig. 64 — Rough plan of the southwest coast of Antigua, showing slightly cliffed headlands and beach-filled bays.

Fig. 65 — The Island of St. Bartholomew (from British Admiralty Chart No. 2038).

Fig. 66 — The Island of St. Martin (from British Admiralty Chart No. 2038).

Fig. 6 — Silver Hill, a maturely dissected volcanic mass at the northern angle of Montserrat. The cliff of the most exposed headland is about 450 feet high and is one of the highest cliffs seen on any island.

Fig. 7 — Montserrat (from U. S. Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1011).

Fig. 8 — Center Hill, on the northwest coast of Montserrat, showing the deeply incised inner valleys between sharply serrated ridges, the moderately dissected lower slopes, and the low cliffs of the shore. The higher cliffs in the left foreground are part of Silver Hill, Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 — Statia (from British Admiralty Chart No. 487).

Fig. I — Ideal section of a Lesser Antillean bank

Figs. 12 and 13 — St. Kitts (from U.S.

Hydrogr. Office Chart No. 1011).

Of the low headland cliffs in contrast with the advanced maturity of the is seen at the bay head on the left.

On the ruins of an older volcanic mass, two surviving summits of which

PL. I — Barbados: rolling cane land near summit, looking south

PL. III — The younger volcanic cones of Montserrat.

PL. II — The uplifted limestone island of Marie Galante.

PL. IV — The southern part of Statia, looking east by south. Orangetown lies at the foot of the volcano.

PL. IX — Mont Carbet and the cliff spur ends of Martinique, looking east.

PL. VIII — Isolated residual hills in the passage between St. Kitts and Nevis, looking east.

PL. VII — St. Kitts.

PL. VI — St. Kitts from Basseterre roadstead. Continuous with Pl. VII.

PL. V — The central volcanic range of St. Kitts, looking northeast. Mt. Brimstone on the left.

PL. X — East coast of Martinique, looking north.

PL. XI — East coast of Martinique, looking southeast.

PL. XII — Castries harbor, St. Lucia, looking north.

PL. XIII — Kingstown harbor, St. Vincent, looking west.

PL. XIV — General view of harbor, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

PL. XVI — Part of St. George's and the southwestern end of Grenada.

PL. XV — Island of St. Thomas: north coast from the crest, looking northeast.

Seen from “Blackbeard Castle” on a hill back of the town; looking south

Slope of a group of young volcanoes; looking northwest and north.

Subdued volcanic mounts, formerly independent islets, are now attached