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Floating Beef— 



A term used by diamond miners for the masses of the ' country ,' or foreign 

 rock occurring in a diamond pipe. 



Gruis — 



Shale, mudstone, or soft variety of Dwyka. 



Haar Klip (Thread-rock) — < 

 * Crocidolite ' or asbestos. 



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Hardibank— 



A term used by diamond miners for a hard compact variety of ' blue-ground ' 

 very resistant to weathering. 



Jjzer Klip (Ironstone) — 



Applied most commonly to igneous rocks such as dolerite and diabase. 



Kallcstecn — ■ 

 Limestone. 



Klip— 



A stone, or rock. 



Olijont's Klip (Elephant's hide rock)— 



Name given to the Dolomite formation owing to its mode of weathering. 



Ou-Klip or Oude-Klip (Old rock) — 



A secondary limonitic surface-deposit, a kind of laterite. 



Turf— 



A heavy black clayey soil or loam, very common in low-lying areas, overlying 

 basic igneous rocks. 



Vuursteen Klip (Firestone rock) — 



Quartz, chert, flint, or very fine-grained quartzite. 



Weer Klip — 



Lit. weather-stone = meteorite. 



Yellow Ground — - 



A term used by diamond miners for weathered, decomposed, or oxidised 

 ' blue ground ' in the diamond pipes. 



Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor S. J. Hickson (Chairman), Kev. 

 T. R. K. Stebbing (Secretary), Sir E. Kay Lankester, Professor 

 A. Sedgwick, Professor W. C. McIntosh, Dr. S. F. Harmer, Mr. 

 G. P. Bidder, and Dr. W. B. Hardy. 



The Committee report that the Association's tahle at the Zoological 

 Station at Naples has been occupied by the following investigators 

 during the past session: Mr. E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S., Mr. Geoffrey W. 

 Smith, Mr. P. A. Methuen, and the Hon. Mary Talk. 



