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alluded to in the text. Speaking of the extensive deposits of sandstones and shales con- 
taining the fossil plants mentioned, and of the coal beds they overlie, he says :— 
«Jai cru, en réunissant les uns et les autres dans un seul groupe géologique, ne 
plus devoir considérer celui-ci simplement comme un membre intercalé dans le terrain 
houiller, mais bien comme un systéme indépendant de celui-ci, et lui succédant immedi- 
atement ; il representerait consequemment la derniére phase de la création paléozoique de 
Altai, et y correspondrait peut-étre au todtliegende des Allemands, c’est-a-dire 4 notre 
grés rouge. Cette formation se trouve particuliérement développée sur l’espace compris 
entre la chaine de l’Alataou et les riviéres Tchoumysch, Kondoma, Mrassa et Oussa.” 
This region he calls the “ basin of Kouznetzk,” from the name of one of its villages. 
Pronunciation of Polynesian Words. 
The names of places in Polynesia may be pronounced with correctness, by attention 
to a few particulars. 
The vowels have the same sounds as in the Italian ; that is, 
A islike a in father, or like the syllable ah. 
E “cc “c 73 cane, (ns ee 13 66 ay. 
I “cc ee seen, (ns ee 13 66 ee. 
U “cc oo §§ moon, (ee 1 Se 3 73 00. 
AI is nearly like the English 2, (or eye,) being made up of the sounds ah, ee, (the 
letters a, 7,) spoken together. 
AU, is nearly like the English ow, being made up of the sounds ah, oo, (the letters 
a, u,) spoken together. 
Thus Kauai is pronounced - - Kow-eye. 
¥ ‘© Maui Os : : - Mow-ee. 
“ Tahiti “ : - Tah-hee-tee. 
«Samoa cc - - - Sah-mo-ah. 
“ Upolu ee - : Oo-po-loo. 
“ Tutuila “& - - -  Too-too-e-lah. 
“Kealakekua ce - : Kay-ahlah-kay-kooah. 
c7Oahu - - - - O-ah-hoo. 
The only other point requiring attention is, that there are as many syllables as there 
are vowels, every syllable ending in a vowel. 
