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covered by shell fish. The axis of the grooves on the front runs NW. by "W. and SE. 

 by E. nearly. 



At the SW. side there is a curious ladle shaped cavity of which the bottom is flat and 

 about a foot in depth. A channel leads into it from the upper edge of the rock and ano- 

 ther, very shallow, descends from it. On one side is a small heart shaped hollow. A band 

 of black hornblendic rock traverses the upper part of the cup and includes the hollow. 



The appearance of the whole mass from the sea is very remarkable. The summit seems 

 to consist of numerous peaks, the lower being the projecting extremities of the ridges, and 

 the higher rising well above the mass like turrets, while the tree spreads its arms protect- 

 ingly over the whole. 



On the vertical surface of an adjacent rock there is a deep cup like depression. The 

 Chinese have partially broken the rock at this place, and below the surface of the cup 

 it is seen to be arranged in concentric foliae corresponding with the cup. 



A little to the E. of the pile above described, a large wedge shaped rock rises out of the 

 sea. It is furrowed on all sides. 



Half way up the hill behind, there is another very remarkable mass, the face of which stretches 

 along the hill in a horizontal direction for apparently ISO to 200 feet, and with a height 

 in some places of -40 to oO feet. A peculiar feature of this rock is, that, while the western 

 portion is grooved vertically, the eastern is traversed by a series of parallel clefts or fur- 

 rows dipping from E. to W. at an angle of apparently about 45°. The beits of rock be- 

 tween them are broken through in many places by irregular channels of ten approximating 

 to vertical. The surface of this side is further back than that of the rest, and as a small 

 projecting portion of its upper edge, which is continued in the same plane with the latter, 

 presents vertical channels of similar dimensions and aspect to those which mark it , I con- 

 clude that af ter the whole face of the rock had been channeled out, a tabular mass 

 here feil off leaving only a portion where the cohesion was firmer, and that the next 

 layer or laminae, possessing a different structural cleavage, has been since furrowed in the di- 

 rection of its principal divisional lines. This conclusion is strengthened by the circumstance 

 that this portion of the face has an angular broken appearance, and that neither its inclin- 

 ed nor its approximately vertical channels have the smooth regularly curved surfaces which 

 characterise the grooves of the rest of the rock in common with the other masses in this 

 locality. It is to the latter , like the first rude angular outline shaped by the sculptor to 

 his finished work. Nevertheless it also bears the impress of a high antiquity being covered 

 by vegetable incrustations , and embraced by the reticulations of the roots of a tree similar 

 in species to that before noticed. Many of the principal roots run along the bands or ridges 

 between, the grooves. Some prefer the latter, and some pass from one groove to another 

 by the gutters which intersect the dividing ridge. The summit of the rock presents a dense 

 mass of vegetation. 



On the top of the hill , which is here very steep , there are several piles of rocks whose 

 perpendicular sides project from the declivity , while their summits are nearly on a level 

 with that of the hill. One of these is divided into distinct entire masses by wide vertical 

 chasms. The perpendicular faces are grooved. Another adjoining pile, on the other hand, 



