pein Ras 
336 W. B. Clarke on the Sedimentary 
Wales and Victoria, establish the fact of a normal meridional 
strike of the older strata. So distinct, indeed, is this character- 
istic, that the settlers in various parts of the country have been 
accustomed to trace the direction of north and south by the 
strike of the slates. 
It sometimes happens that, owing to the high angle of dip, 
Independently of this arrangement, the whole of the Central 
area inside the Eastern Cordillera has a trend to the south and 
west, so that the waters collected between 22° and 37° 8., on 
the east of South Australia, find their way to the sea at the 
eastern eorner of that province. 
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