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afford any large seams, but simply sufficient to prove that a 

 vein of very excellent coal existed, and traversed the bed 

 of the stream in a south-west direction, from the base of 

 Kianggi ; the accompanying strata were of a light blueish 

 grey, and very friable sandstone, but the sides of the 

 rivulet were so muddy, and covered with thick under- 

 wood, that no satisfactory examination could be pursued 

 without detention. During the period in which we were 

 employed examining the bed of the stream, one of our 

 guides waded up a branch leading to the northern base 

 of the hill, and returned with some large lumps of coal, 

 apparently obtained from a spot where it had been 

 worked free from water. It was of entirely different 

 composition to that obtained in the narrow seams ; the 

 latter approaching nearly to Cannel coal, whilst the block 

 brought from above was similar to that of the Newcastle 

 districts in England. 



On the day following, Mr. Brooke and a party, which 

 went to the spring to bathe and examine a noted Upas 

 tree in the vicinity, travelled over the summit of Kianggi, 

 and found a pit or cavity on the northern base of the 

 hill from whence, as the specimens produced agreed in 

 composition, it is probable that our guide of the previous 

 day obtained his lump. 



In the eye sketch, which accompanies this, the position 

 of Kianggi and the points from whence the coal was 

 obtained, will be better understood; a is the point 

 where the seam of Cannel coal crosses the rivulet ; b, the 

 spot where Mr. Brooke found it in situ ; and c, the 

 watering bay where they landed ; the dotted line showing 

 the path across the hill. 



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