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NATURE OF THE ROCKS 



ON THE COAST OF 



NEW CALIFORNIA, THE ISLAND OF OONALASHKA, 

 AND THE COASTS OF BEERINC's STRAITS, 



ACCORDING TO THE OBSERVATIONS MADE THERE, AND 

 AflNERALS COLLECTED BY DR. ESCHSCHOLTZ. 



BY 



MORITZ VON ENGELHARDT. 



Dr. Eschscholtz gave me the minerals which he 

 had collected, that 1 might examine them, and 

 had the politeness to give me information respecting 

 the situation in which each specimen was found ; 

 this was the origin of tlie following remarks, and 

 the list accompanying them. 



M. V. E. 



NEW CALIFORNIA. 



The northern tongue of land running into the 

 sea, on which the little fortress of St. John, at the 

 entrance of the bay of San Francisco lies, consists 

 of serpentine rock, which is also found farther 

 south on the steep shores of the sea coast. With 



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