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  WOOD 
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  outer 
  hills 
  of 
  the 
  Arakan 
  range, 
  which 
  would 
  give 
  a 
  breadth 
  of 
  open 
  sea 
  

   in 
  the 
  parallel 
  of 
  Tonghoo 
  of 
  about 
  100 
  miles. 
  

  

  No 
  fossil-wood, 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge, 
  occurs 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Sittoung, 
  

   though 
  I 
  am 
  aware 
  that 
  a 
  contrary 
  statement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  natives 
  

   to 
  Major 
  Lloyd 
  at 
  Tonghoo 
  ; 
  but 
  after 
  examining 
  the 
  ground 
  for 
  the 
  

   express 
  purpose, 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  confirm 
  the 
  fact. 
  In 
  India 
  I 
  should 
  

   have 
  at 
  once 
  concluded 
  that 
  a 
  wilfully 
  false 
  statement 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  

   the 
  hopes 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  meet 
  the 
  wishes, 
  or 
  supposed 
  belief, 
  of 
  the 
  

   ( 
  Huzoor/ 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  and 
  preferable 
  explanation 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   case. 
  The 
  fossil-wood 
  where 
  plentiful 
  is 
  commonly 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  flint, 
  and 
  

   I 
  have 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  district, 
  a 
  man 
  when 
  questioned 
  if 
  he 
  knew 
  o£ 
  

   any 
  fossil-wood 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood, 
  put 
  on 
  a 
  blank 
  look 
  of 
  not 
  com- 
  

   prehending 
  what 
  fossil-wood 
  was, 
  but 
  when 
  its 
  use 
  was 
  explained 
  to 
  

   him, 
  as 
  used 
  for 
  procuring 
  a 
  light, 
  at 
  once 
  say, 
  " 
  yes, 
  there 
  is 
  plenty 
  of 
  

   that 
  stone," 
  which 
  on 
  examination 
  has 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  silicious 
  rock, 
  

   equally 
  useful 
  no 
  doubt, 
  but 
  totally 
  unlike 
  the 
  article 
  sought. 
  Certain 
  

   it 
  is, 
  I 
  was 
  never 
  able 
  myself, 
  either 
  to 
  find 
  or 
  hear 
  of 
  any 
  fossil-wood 
  

   being 
  found 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Sittoung, 
  and 
  none 
  I 
  believe 
  exists 
  there. 
  

  

  Very 
  little 
  if 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  peculiar 
  nodular 
  oxide 
  of 
  iron 
  which 
  so 
  

  

  characterises 
  the 
  uppermost 
  bed 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Prome, 
  occurs 
  

  

  in 
  Tonghoo, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  represented 
  by 
  some 
  irregular 
  tabular 
  

  

  masses 
  of 
  manganese 
  ore, 
  which 
  occur 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  sandstone 
  

  

  forming 
  the 
  low 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  dividing 
  the 
  Yayuay 
  and 
  Seing 
  Choung 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  Sittoung. 
  This 
  ore 
  occurs 
  in 
  irregular 
  stratiform 
  masses 
  of 
  an 
  

  

  inch 
  or 
  two 
  in 
  thickness, 
  and 
  in 
  irregular 
  nodules 
  often 
  sub-botryoidal 
  in 
  

  

  character 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  color, 
  and 
  is 
  composed, 
  according 
  to 
  an 
  analysis 
  

  

  by 
  Mr. 
  Tween, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Loss 
  on 
  heating 
  ... 
  ,,, 
  

  

  Oxide 
  of 
  manganese 
  

  

  Iron 
  

  

  Clay 
  and 
  sand 
  

  

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