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overlying Table Mountain Sandstone 

 is well seen in the deep kloof at the 

 head of the Hartebeest River, some- 

 times called the Fairy Glen, in 

 which the new waterworks for the 

 town of Worcester are now being 

 constructed. 



The general strike of the Malmes- 

 bury Series is fairly uniform, being 

 on the average about west 10° north 

 and east 10° south. In a few 

 localities, and especially just to the 

 north of Worcester, there are small 

 areas of local disturbance, due to 

 special causes, such as igneous in- 

 trusions and dislocations ; but these 

 are not of much importance. Only 

 one extensive rock-mass, in Brewels 

 Kloof, appears to be of igneous 

 origin : this will be separately dealt 

 with hereafter. Immediately north 

 of Worcester are some small patches 

 which appear to be highly meta- 

 morphosed granitic dykes : all the 

 rest of the area is occupied by 

 rocks of undoubtedly sedimentary 

 origin, which have undergone a con- 

 siderable amount of dynamic meta- 

 morphism. 



The field-relations and general 

 characters of the Malmesbury Series 

 can be best illustrated by a some- 

 what detailed account of a section 

 running north and south, from the 

 town of Worcester to the base of 

 the Cape System in the Fairy Glen, 

 a distance of about 7 miles. The 

 relations here disclosed are illustrated 

 in fig. 1 . 



As before stated, the town itself 

 stands on the alluvium of the Breede 

 River, which here forms a flat plain 

 some 4 miles wide. However, im- 

 mediately north of the town the 

 ground begins to rise, and in the 

 goods-yard at the railway-station 

 there is a very fine exposure showing 

 Enon Conglomerate resting upon 

 Ecca Sandstone that yields plant- 

 remains. The conglomerate is again 

 well exposed at the dam of the small 

 reservoir about a mile north-west 

 of the church ; and, owing to recent 



