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must rely: accidents however are very uncom- 
mon ; andalthough the rock is liable to decom- 
position, scarcely an instance is recollected at 
this place of the separation ofthe stone to which 
the gora was HUNE : 
Ic f thisrock 
both at mg river sd ee and at the 
cavern Karang-bollong, and the peculiarities of 
each willbe pointed out in the explanatory ca- 
talogue which is attached to this Essay In the 
ascent of this hill (the first ridge of the penin- 
sula pointed out on the map) the base of Pud- 
ding-stone is coverd by a deep soil, consisti 
of a mixture of clay and mould of decomposed 
vegetables: on the summit I noticed, at a spot 
where a section of the hill had been exposed 
in forming the road, a decp stratum of stone 
which wasa precipitate or deposite from water"” 
The materials were the same with those that 
form the Poudingue just described, but they 
were differently arranged ; they exhibited plain- 
ly the appearance of having been suspended iu 
water and afterwards united into various forms ; 
in this place the layer which was exposed had 
been subjected to a current during the period 
that the present arrangement took place; frag- 
ments of various forms were hurled together, 
and the surface was. covered „with a friable 
earthy crust, degree of decom- 
position than appeared. on the fracture ; and the 
e taken place after 
std a= M ee 3 he fi first agglutinarion o of * 
* Exp. Cat No. >. 
