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the general nature of the two more prominent features of 

 the locality, namely, " Brait-putta," known as " Jimmy's 

 Point," and the " Bluff." 



10. "Brait-putta" rises to about 150 feet, and is a mere 

 extension of the high coast land seawards, so that from the 

 sea it is soon merged in the dark back-ground of timbered 

 lands behind. Brait-putta is a laminated sandstone rock, 

 presenting favourable indications of being able to afford a 

 supply of good stone, suitable for building and other 

 purposes. 



11. The "Bluff" to which so much importance has been 

 attached hitherto, as the point where a permanent entrance 

 could be made to and from the lakes, is a low promontory 

 projecting but slightly from the general line of the coast, 

 rising at the face about 50 feet, and a few yards inland to a 

 height of about 70 feet, and thence gradually rising further 

 to the level of the higher wooded lands behind. At a little 

 distance out at sea it requires a bright day and a knowledge 

 of the coast to be able to distinguish the Bluff' on the general 

 coast line. 



12. The Bluff consists, for about half its height, of soft 

 friable sandstone, alternating with thin irregular layers of 

 hard calcareous sandstone, containing abundance of mutilated 

 fossil shells, whilst the upper portion of the Bluff consists of 

 marl, thickly studded with fossil shells, in various stages of 

 decay. 



13. The Bluff is liable to rapid wear, owing to the washing 

 out of the loose sandstone below, and the consequent falling 

 over and destruction by the sea of the harder materials from 

 above. Evidence of such destruction exists in the reef of 

 rocks which extends from the Bluff seawards, for a short 

 distance. 



14. Having so far endeavoured to fill up some of the out- 

 lines of my previous sketch, I will now as briefly as possible 

 call attention to the new facts, which I deem to be of im- 

 portance, as they have not been prominently observed 

 before, that I am aware of, and because they are illus- 

 trative in a new locality of natural laws which have been 

 pointed out elsewhere. 



1 5. The facts to which I allude are, firstly, the existence 

 of a powerful ocean current close in shore ; and secondly, 

 the influence of what in this place I will call atmospheric 

 tidal influence, as distinguished from the diurnal tides, 

 resulting from lunar and solar attractions. 



