:)G6 ERNEST WARREN. 



(3) Avhite friable calcareous sandstone about 50 ft. in 

 thickness ; 



(4) lignite bed about 2 ft. 6 in. in thickness ; 



(5) at the base running into the sea a greenish-grey, soft, 

 sandy shale. 



The largest piece of timber observed was a trunk about 

 20 in. in diameter. 



(2) LIST OF SPECIMENS WITH LOCALITIES. 



Mus. No. 232. — Inyazan Junction, Zululand. Collected 

 by A. Cowley, 1909. Some of these specimens consist of 

 compressed layers of a material having a peat-like appear- 

 ance. 



Mus. No. 230. — Lio^nite seam. Port Durnford, Zululand. 

 Collected by Natal Geological Survey, 1905. The specimens 

 are obviously woody in nature and are considerably silicified. 



Mus. No. 234. — Lignite seam. Port Durnford. Col- 

 lected by A. Cowley, 1910. Similar to Mus. No. 230, but 

 some of the specimens exhibit stages in the transformation 

 into a jet-like substance. 



Mus. No. 233.— St. Lucia, Zululand. Collected by 

 A. Hammar, 1910. Specimen exhibits one of the stages in 

 the transformation. 



Mus. No. 229.— ''Wood Bed." North Point, False Bay, 

 Zululand, Collected by Natal Geological Survey, 1905. 

 Some of the specimens exhibit stages in the ti'ansfor- 

 mation into jet. 



Mus. No. 228.— Same locality as Mus. No. 229. The 

 specimens consist entirely of the jet-like substance. 



(3) DESCRIPTION OF THE FOSSIL WOOD. 



The specimens are black or dark grey in colour, and are 

 sometimes friable and exceedingly difficult to cut into 

 section ; but the firm of Dr. Krantz succeeded in making 

 some good preparations. 



