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4. versteinert, petrified. The meaning is, the deposits of the land give 

 the history of the petrified (i.e. pre-existent but now non-existent) seas, by 

 means of which the deposits were formed. 



Page 5. i. beispielsweise, lit, by -way of example; trans., say. 



Page 6. x. aus, an adverb intensifying the force of the preceding 

 preposition. 



Page 7. i. Aufstossen, lit., to strike upon; it may also mean to 

 run aground; trans., arrival at the bottom. 

 2. wenn . . . auch, even if, although. 



Page 9. i. Ausschlag, lit., first stroke, or bloiv; trans., as Auf- 

 stossen, page 7, note i. 2. sicher konstatiert, ascertains with cer- 

 tainty. 3. sind auch, see page 7, note 2. 



Page 10. i. iiber welcher sich gerade das Schiff befindet, over 

 which the ship happens to be. Cf. Ich war gerade da, " I happened to 

 be there." 



Page 11. i. Steigungen von einem Prozent, elevations of one per 

 cent, i. e. a rise of one unit in one hundred units of distance. 



Page 13. i. Vorderindien, Hither or Nearer India, or India west 

 of the Ganges (i.e. India proper) as distinguished from Hinterindien, 

 Further India, Indo-China, or India beyond the Ganges; trans., India. 



2. Sundainseln, Sunda Islands, a collective name for a group of 

 islands in the Malay Archipelago. 



Page 14. i. Samoainseln, Samoan Islands or Samoa, a group of 

 islands in the south Pacific. 



2. Paumotuarchipel, Paumotu islands or Low Archipelago, an ex- 

 tensive group of small islands in the south Pacific. 



3. Formosa, an island east of China. 



4. Sachalin, Saghalin, an island belonging to Russia, in the sea of Ok- 

 hotsk, east of Siberia. 



5. Amurland, Amur, a province in eastern Siberia. 



6. zu, see page 6, note I. 



Page 15. i. erscheinende, see page 4, note 2. 

 Page 17. i. besprechen, see page 3, note 2. 



Page 19. i. wenn auch, see page 7, note 2. 

 2. heben ihre Wirkung gegenseitig so auf, so neutralize the effect of 

 each other. 



