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numberlefs rattle-fnakes, of which we hap- 

 pily faw none at all. The fhore is very 

 full of flones in fome places, and covered 

 with large angulated rock-ftones, which are 

 fometimes roundifh, and their edges asjt 

 were worn off. Now and then we met 

 with a fmall fandy fpot, covered with 

 grey, but chiefly with the fine red fand 

 which I have before mentioned ; and the 

 black iron fand likewife occurred fome- 

 times. We found flones of a red glimmer 

 of a fine texture, on the mountains. Some- 

 times thefe mountains with the trees on 

 them flood perpendicular with the water- 

 fide, but in fome places the fhore was 

 marfhy. 



, I SAW a number of pctrefied Cornua 

 Ammonis in one place, near the fhore, among 

 a number of flones and rocks. The rocks 

 confift of a grey limeftone, which is a va- 

 riety of the black one, and lies in ftrata* 

 as that does. Some of them contain a 

 number of petrefactions, with and without 

 fhells ; and in one place we found pro- 

 digious large Cornua- Ammonis, about twen- 

 ty inches in breadth. In fome places the 

 v. ater had wore off the ftone, but could 

 not have the fame effect on the petrefac- 

 tions, which lay elevated above, and in & 

 manner glued on the ftones. 



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