Farm, the angle of inclination of the strata change
while at High Hill, 2323 feet above the sea, tl
heavaf are, with"the exception of The Barn, much
visible than at any point along the whole line. H
the northern side, has been forced upland elevate*
feet above the^southern portion, and its strata ha
seawards or northwards at an angle of 25°, while th*
against it on the southern side are nearly horizontal
to the idea that they flowed from the crater after inst
The next ridge in succession, known as Bottleys, shows, though
in a less degree, a complete disjointing, with on<i portion forced
higher 1113.11 the other, and the strata incliiiin£r saawiards at a greater
:ain a good view
HI Ixiwt Witil lf.fi
gremy m ih® it# a t ed barren lava
middle distance, m d for * h&kgwmA. figMggr ,1‘i.lvj.ui! rising like
j. w.K,-sfe
making up one of the finest landscapes in this gra
scenery.
Throughput the length of this upheaval line, thei occurrence of a
substratum of red marly earth is- visible, where iifc intersects the
ridges, particularly at the Bed Quarry, Bock Cottage, and Horse
Pasture.
That a volcanic, suboceanic as well as subterr;anean,-force, did
however exist at parts of this line of upheaval, previous to the Island
itself being formed, may be inferred, after a careful <3x iiimmation of st
locality situated on the eastern side of High Knoll, iand called “ The
Waterfall;” here, in the ravine or upper part ai• ¡lames’ Valley,
there is a perpendicular drop of three hundred feet. Each flow of
lava, as it took its course northwards from the great crater of Sandy
Bay,, appears at this point to have been abruptly stopped in its
progress. It was not driven buck so as to accnmulate to a thickness
greater than that it originally possessed, but seems to have had
its edge cut clean off and removed away from the spot: in this
manner a sort of horseshoe-shaped crater, about 150 ystrdw in
with perpendicular sides on the east. and
w«*t, rising to 30.0 feet, and its fourth ski® »is**.., has been
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