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cities for the Mandarins, I have laid in the bottom of my boat 
among the cargo with a straw mat over me without daring to 
stir for nearly half a day, for fear of a repetition of what oc- 
curred at Kweilin. 
Once I had a severe attack of fever and ague, which seemed 
to set my brain on fire, and for fear I should lose command of 
my mind I gave my passport and money to my servan nd 
ordered him to be sure to take care of me if I should become 
delirious, and to take me along with him to Hankow where my 
friends would reward him with an ample present. Fortunately, 
after suffering severely for a few days, I shook off the disease, 
encouraged by the idea that every hour was bringing me nearer 
the end of my weary journey. For the last fifteen days I did 
not once have an opportunity of leaving my boat and walking 
some American friends. All cause for solicitude was then over 
and for a week the doctor ordersd me to keep my chamber. 
is journey was undertaken with the hope of ascertaining 
the kinds of the rocks in the region traversed and the order of 
their superposition. The time chosen was the dry season, and 
admitted by all to be a very dry season. In such a coun 
ner. In this way, from actual observation, the series was found 
to be: First and lowest, granite; on which rests the second 
formation composed of grits and slates. I am not aware that 
any fossils have ever been discovered in these rocks. These 
grits and slates are covered by the third formation of old 
limestones, which the fossils obtained at Sinchau lead us to 
regard as probably belonging to the Devonian age. On these 
rest, fourthly, another series of limestone strata of the same 
geological age as the coal beds. A rare collection of fossil 
plants of these rocks in the neighborhood of Peking was given 
me by Abbé David, They probably, belong to the same 
geological age as the fossil plants s2nt-by Mr. Pumpelly to Dr. 
Newberry, who regards them as later than the Carboniferous 
Am. Jour. Sct.—SECOND Serres, VoL. XLVI, No. 136.—JuLx, 1868. 
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