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down its sloping base. On another occasion, a convict, who 

 had a little garden close under one side of the rock, found it 

 one morning buried beneath a heap of stones. 



From the east or northeast the upper portion of the Peak 

 presents the rude outlines of a human face. Fig. 5 is made 

 from a photograph taken looking up from the beach. 



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The Phonolite Peak of Fernando de Noronha, from the beach. 



Slaty structure in phonolite. — The Pedra da Conceicao is, at 

 high tide, a small island of bare rock just west of the Praia do 

 Cachorro, the landing place next the village ; it has steep rug- 

 ged sides and summit like a steep gothic roof. The place is 

 shown in the left foreground of the following figure 6. 



Most of the specimens collected at this locality were taken 

 upon the south end or else upon the summit of this rock. 



