Excerpt from Bermuda: Its History, Geology, Climate, Products, Agriculture, Commerce, and Government, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; With Hints to Invalids The aim of this volume is to give an historical account of the origin and progress of the settlement made by emigrants from England in Bermuda, or Somers' Islands, and of the constitutional establish ment, internal government, and political system maintained by Great Britain in these Islands. I have also endeavoured to describe the manners and dispositions of the present inhabitants, as influenced by climate, situation, and other local causes; and have offered some observations on the character and genius of the coloured race in this colony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.