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era shore at Maddalena terminates in a bold bluff. 

 (See Section 4.) 



The Revd. H. Seddall says: "To the existence 

 of this fault is due one of the most picturesque 

 features of Malta. Often on a fine spring morning 

 have I stood on the ridge of the Nasciar heights, 

 the whole plain below glowing with the blossom 

 of the purple sulla ( a kind of clover Hedysarium 

 coronarium), the inlets of the bays of the Salini, 

 St. Paul's, and the Straits of Frieghi reposing like 

 gems of tha deepest blue in their setting of white 

 rock, which the sun irradiated with a perfectly 

 dazzling lustre, enjoying the first cool breath of 

 the maestrale, as it dimpled the azure of the lazy 

 deep, and mapping out the course of present or 

 future excursions with gun, hammer, or botanical 

 box." 



Minor faults in the depressed area have aided 

 in the formation of the Bays of St. Paul and Mel- 

 leha. According to Capt. Spratt the Gozo fault 

 emerging from the ravine of Ghain Selim passes 

 to the N. of Fort Chambray, and to the S. of Casal 

 Nadur, meeting the sea on the N. E. coast in the 

 Bay of Silek (See Map and Section 2), but 13i\ 

 Adams assigns to it a somewhat different direction. 

 Numerous minor faults exist such as that of Malak 

 on the southern shore, the Macluba near Crendi, 

 and the curious hollow known as the Kaura in Gozo. 



"Most of the valleys in the Maltese islands 



