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REMARKS ON THE 



STRATA, times with a greenilh hue. Thefe flrata are interfered perpendicu- 

 larly or nearly fo, by veins of white quartz {quarzum lacteum Linn.) 

 and fometimes contain a green kind of ftone of a lamellated flrudure^ 

 and nearly related to the talcous ftones. On fhingly beaches I have^ 

 though feldom, found a few black fmooth ftones of the flinty order 

 and fome large detached pieces of a folid, ponderous, fpeckled grey 

 or blackifh green lava, employed by the natives to form their emit- 

 tees, or weapons for clofe engagement. A few pumice-ftones i^pu- 



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iiiex 'vulcani Linn.) Vv^ere likewife collecT:ed on the iliingly beaches 

 of this ille : but whether they were thrown up by a volcano in the 

 neighbourhood, or carried there from remote parts by the fea, I can- 

 not determine. Among the foffil produdiions of this country, we 

 mufl; likewife reckon a green flonc, which fometimes is opaque, and 

 fometimes quite tranfparent, manufadured by the natives into 

 hatchets, chilTels, and ornaments, and feems to be of the nephritic 



kind [talcum neph 



by 



Linn.) This flone is commonly brought 



from 



parts of Qu 



Charlotte's Sound 



the South Weil 



which diredtion they pointed 



for 



place, and they called it P 



We aiked 

 from v/hence 



probably the abovementioned part of the country obtained the deno- 

 mination of Tavai Poenamoo : but next to Mj/^^-^r^^, on the little 

 iflet, where the natives formerly had one of their hippa's or ilrong 

 holds, this Hone is found in perpendicular or fomewhat oblique veins 



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