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  ME. 
  D. 
  DRAJPER 
  ON 
  THE 
  OCCURRENCE 
  OE 
  [Aug. 
  1 
  897, 
  

  

  M. 
  Zeiller's 
  recent 
  description 
  of 
  

   some 
  South 
  African 
  fossils 
  sent 
  

   him 
  by 
  M. 
  de 
  Launay); 
  

  

  Eine 
  sedimentary 
  deposits, 
  

   grey, 
  white, 
  or 
  red 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   were 
  traversed 
  in 
  sinking 
  the 
  

   shafts, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  the 
  numerous 
  

   plant-remains 
  were 
  found. 
  The 
  

   material 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  

   preserved 
  was 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   so 
  soft 
  and 
  crumbly 
  that 
  many 
  

   very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  were 
  lost 
  

   when 
  the 
  rock 
  was 
  exposed 
  to 
  

   the 
  atmosphere. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  depth 
  attained 
  in 
  the 
  

   shaft 
  (about 
  80 
  feet) 
  coarse 
  gritty 
  

   sandstone 
  was 
  intersected 
  for 
  

   the 
  last 
  6 
  or 
  8 
  feet, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  

   found 
  to 
  rest 
  upon 
  the 
  tilted 
  

   edges 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Quartzite- 
  

   and-Shale 
  Group, 
  containing 
  

   conglomerates, 
  which 
  are 
  iden- 
  

   tified 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   Table 
  Mountain 
  Sandstone 
  Series 
  

   (Upper 
  Devonian). 
  

  

  As 
  these 
  rocks 
  crop 
  out 
  all 
  

   round 
  the 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  hori- 
  

   zontal 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  fossils 
  were 
  found, 
  

   this 
  latter 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  an 
  

   outlier 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  

   body 
  of 
  the 
  Molteno 
  Beds 
  — 
  

   which 
  lies 
  about 
  12 
  miles 
  south- 
  

   east 
  — 
  by 
  ordinary 
  subaerial 
  

   denudation. 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Vereeniging. 
  

  

  This 
  place, 
  a 
  small 
  township, 
  

   lies 
  about 
  30 
  miles 
  due 
  south 
  

   of 
  Johannesburg 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  

   bank 
  oftheVaal 
  River. 
  The 
  main 
  

   trunk-line 
  of 
  railway 
  connecting 
  

   the 
  Cape 
  Colonial 
  seaports 
  with 
  

   the 
  mining 
  centre 
  of 
  Johannes- 
  

   burg 
  passes 
  through 
  Vereeniging, 
  

   and 
  the 
  coal-mine, 
  from 
  which 
  

   the 
  greater 
  quantity 
  of 
  fuel- 
  

   supply 
  for 
  the 
  railway 
  is 
  derived, 
  

   lies 
  about 
  | 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   township. 
  

  

  