The Meteoric Irons from Griqualancl East, South Africa. 19 



actual records, now available as to the two irons, give no definite 

 history of the Vienna iron previous to its arrival in Kokstad. It is 

 probable that it too came from the kraal at Matatiela, but against 

 this there is the fact that the missionary, Mr. Tonkin, mentions the 

 larger block only as being there on his visit. But even if the two 

 pieces were brought from the kraal, there still remains the possibility 

 that the smaller was not found originally at the same locality as 

 the larger. For the present it may be as well to distinguish the 

 two irons by retaining " Kokstad " as the locality for the Vienna 

 specimen, and assigning '* Matatiela " to that in Cape Town. Those, 

 however, who prefer to give more weight to the similarity in shape, 

 and the proximity of the localities, rather than to what I regard as 

 very serious structural differences, may include both masses under 

 " Matatiela " or " Kokstad." 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate III. — View of the most regular surface of the Cape Town specimen. 



(See p. 11.) 

 Plate IV. — View of the iron resting on the surface shown in Plate III. 



(Seep. 11.) 

 Plate V, Fig. 1. — Polished and etched slice of the Vienna specimen. 



(See p. 13.) 

 ,, Fig. 2. — Polished and etched slice of the Cape Town specimen. 



(See pp. 15 and 16.) 



