130 (lEOLUGV OF THE NElGHBOUkilOOl) t)F STEELE. NP.OSC 11. 



it was enabled to remove some of the material which it had for- 

 merly deposited. 



The evidence of the terraces alone could hardly be accepted 

 as conclusive proof of elevation of the country, but it is con- 

 firmed by the existence of raised beaches and wave-cut terraces 

 at Sea Point (to the west), at Gordon's Bay (to the south), and 

 at Hermanns (to the south-east). Of these deposits the first 

 and third are well-known. The raised beach at Gordon's Bay 

 is small, and it will probably disai)pear altogether before long; 

 for this reason, and also because it falls within the limits of the 

 district now being described, a word about it will not be out 

 of place. It is to be found in the south-east angle of the Bay, 

 on the top of the rocky shelf which fringes the southern shore. 

 The deposit is cut through 1)y the road, and little of it is now 

 left, but at the roadside one can still see a few feet of shells and 

 sand — a typical beach deposit now lying- some 20 feet above high 

 water mark. 



Fig. 5- 



Besides these proofs of recent elevation, there is another 

 kind of evidence which points to a recent filfing of the country. 

 The south-east and north-west streams, which course down the 

 sides of the Stellenbosch and Ban Hoek Mountains and Simons- 

 berg, have this curious feature common to all of them, that 

 their north banks are much steeper than the south ones. This 

 feature is illustrated in Fig. 5. The meaning of this is unmis- 

 takable— it indicates that these streams have been shifting 

 laterallv northivards as well as cutting downwards. This phe- 

 nomenon can be seen quite clearly in Jonker's Hoek or from the 

 Helderberg road, and it does not seem explicable save on the 

 hypothesis of tilting. 



The Table Mountain Sandstone 



forms the rugged capping of all the mountains ; it does not dififer 

 in any way from the same formation as developed on Table 

 Mountain itself. The lowest visible krantz is always at or very 

 near to the base of the series, and beneath it the slopes are 

 smoothly rounded and covered with talus and vegetation : the 



