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nal. He considers, and I 



is the case, it seemed 

 impossible to come to 

 any other conclusion, 

 than that an upheaval 

 had taken place. The 

 whole of Cape Upstart 

 is a granite mass, and 

 its crests are covered 

 with boulders, some of 

 which have rolled 

 down and form rather 

 conspicuous objects on 

 the shores and points 

 of the bay. 



Near the N.W. ex- 

 tremity of the Cape 

 just at high water 

 mark, I noticed some 

 pumice stones, small 

 and not having the 

 appearance of belong- 

 ing to a recent erup- 

 tion, which seems to 

 agree with the opinion 

 expressed by the Rev. 

 W. G. Clarke in 

 the Tasmanian Jour- 

 think justly, that its 



origin may be in the Solomon, New Caledonia, or 

 some other of the volcanic islands to the east of 



