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cular contraction. They are sluggish, unattractive 

 animals. 



The beautiful views from several hills out on the 

 vales below them, especially from several eminences 

 near the great southern road, are worthy of notice ; 

 — nature at once displaying a great variety of sur- 

 prising prospects. Here the high impending rocks 

 have a dreary, rueful appearance. The several deep 

 chasms over which they project, are 'Covered with 

 the ever-flourishing sage-bush and prickly pear. 

 The adjacent steep declivities are crowded with 

 irregular precipices and broken rocks ; and the 

 view terminates in the tempestuous sea and the 

 white waves incessantly breaking on the craggy 

 shore. 



The surfaces of the " sand-hills " undergo frequent 

 changes ; during gales the sand composing them may 

 be seen driven by the wind, thickly covering the soil, 

 and the trees and herbs growing on it. 



Saline particles from the sea cause an incrustation 

 on the surface of one layer of sand before a new one 

 is deposited by a second storm, and this appears 

 to be the cause why nearly all the rock lies in thin 

 lamina. This fact may explain why layers of dark- 

 coloured vegetable mould are often found below white 

 rock. 



