The columnar formations are topped by globes which emit an ethereal radiance!"
"This fish belongs to an extinct family, of which only fossil traces are found in the devonian formations."
The geological structure of these islands is in most respects simple. The lower country consists of clay-slate and sandstone, containing fossils, very closely related to, but not identical with, those found in the Silurian formations of Europe; the hills are formed of white granular quartz rock.