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No. 4 Site, twenty-five miles North-East of No. 3, and twenty- 

 eight Soutli of Cowan's Station, on the "Warburton River : — 



FT. 



Yellow clay..; ... ... ... ... 6 



Beddish clay ... ... ... ... 6 



Soft rock, reddish 4 



16 ft. 

 Solid rock, could not penetrate with boring tools. Tried in 

 several places with same result. Sunk shaft 101 feet. 



FT. 



Yellow clay... ... ... ... ... 6 



Keddish clay ... ... ... ... 8 



Eotten red rock ... ... ... ... 6 



Solid red rock, resembling jasper, spotted 



with yellow ... ... ... ... 13 



Eotten red rock ... ... ... ... 3 



Pipe clay, mixed with sand ... ... 4 



Soft white sandstone, red streaked ... 31 

 Brackish water ; fit for stock. — 



101 ft. 

 No. 5 Site, four miles North- West from Lake Kopperamma, 

 on Cooper's Creek : — 



n. 



Sand 2 



Clay, yellow ... ... ... ... 6 



Sand, yellow ... ... ... 2 



Clay, yellow ... ... ... ... 10 



Sand, clay, and boulders of red stone, 



with petrified wood ... ... ... 12 



Clay, yellow ... ... ... ... 6 



Yellow sand ... ... ... ... 2 



White sand 2 



Yellow sand-drift, with water quite fresh. — 



42 ft. 

 All the above beds dij)ping slightly to the North-West. 



EocKs AKD Minerals. 



Hydraulic limestone in the form of an oblong concretionary 

 nodule, about six inches, covered with a layer of gypsum half- 

 an-inch thick ; there is no organic nucleus. A chemical 

 analysis proves it to be a superior hydraulic limestone. It was 

 found at the Primrose Springs in association with the Bele- 

 onites. — (Com. by J. Chandler). 



Pitchstoiie and obsidian lomhs. — "They arc plentiful on the 

 plains" (Com. by J. Chandler, of the Peake). Similar speci. 



