has been broken up into a number of cuboidal W«lt*. P and tabuler masses retlirift on 



these. The btiwucn she former nrq iri many places broad And dccj», and, where ibey 



ate covered by ibe mpcriuconincut rocks f funn du^ky cuvcrnoim hollows, which m tenanted 

 by bat** Some of tbe eiEcmnl passage* are lite doorways being about 7 feet in height 

 ond 8 acro^ r M the Jtde uf one of these entrances huLf of the Imritouiul surface of one of [he 

 supporting rocti is exposed, It h hollowed out into a shallow basin about 6 foci in 4ia» 

 meter nnd fl inches deep , which is filled with vegetable debris and water* One of tbe hftri- 

 lanlal hihuLnr massed U about ij(> feet Lon^. On i I ft undor hit face , which in smooth , are 

 two «uTnrjjlnbiiliit hollows Aji adjacent idi» ib about 40 feci in length, and ft in breadth. 

 On ill under fur face -"Jm> 1 .■! served n cup about 9 feet in diameter and I in d n nlh at 

 the centre. The hill i* here very narrow auil slopes steeply on the inner side to a man- 

 grove flat. Uu this side there are aim several rocks. Odd of considerable fixe bad e prnwlb 

 rounded aiirfaec un marked by any furrows. 



The rocks -aleflfj ihe beach, nllhuujjh with a few exceptions in»t remark-ililc far their Sin; 

 and architectural features , arc geologically icEt reeling. At the farthest Chinese hut to 

 the eastward pre broad Hal inaisca stretching acrobs I he bpach, and anly a few feel in hciprht- 

 Their surface* are travcr4cd by parallel rectilinear Genres and ill g lit grooves , marking divi- 

 iiouai plune*, and the direction of these, and also of the longest ed^es of the rocki, is jiLrnnd 

 due WE. and SW. Proceed (rig 1 alorcj the beach to ihe westward^ a fine example of eon* 

 centric or parallel curved ei fulmlion occurs. Of what hoa originally been an extensive masv 

 of rode there -only remain a few solid block u, of cuboidal and rudely rpfaerical forms T which 

 ru*c from the decomposed and tern i dec am posed bed worn down nearly to die level of the 

 J mm • h. r'.inhr;i?sir; Lh- i vn-:|- ."i kr,i - l.\u-*-. nitffn, and farming the bed, ar« Mm upper 

 ed^cs of parallel curved 1 aminos f which continue fill ihum spreading out from, an adjacent 

 nucleus meet them. Sometimes I be same laminae are seen., after embracing the end of one 

 block t to bend rcrcricfy nfcitl erobrnee another nucleus, I hat the surface or hur rconlLiI sec- 

 tion eihihifs a series of narrow parallel S- shaped bands. The variation in the curves 

 according to the form of the side* of the nuclei is very great end striking. The lower 

 corner of one of the blocks is cookai f and tha coiiecntric Mhealln or caps have the same 

 shafie. In the triangular inacev left where three systems of laminae meet, are priamuiu: 

 masses j solid but of a cmmUliojj *l nurture f ond in com posit ion si miliar to the laminae, 



Near one of tbe Chinese houses I observed that Ihu face of a rockj fee sbly split by the Ghi- 

 nese, was a regular cur re, and on the hill the side or a largje reek had a similar curve, 

 1 nurlially rc-einiiucd tfie ruck meiilioned anie, jh 7. The W, side in nurkcd Jby deep 

 fjfooTOft, ol wbteh the eves are ]\H hy li. nearly. The pLuien in whicli these are formed 

 :if~.u determine the direction of the face of Urn rcick orcrlooliiuj the rimnoeL ntsihy of Ifae 

 jrrouvts tm liiu wi-nt huiq art- ;i sin^ces^ion or deep pear shaped civ i lies, L Ihink there i .in bf 

 no doubt I hat these are owing to sheathed nuclei having been fjrnduully cicavaicd. Tlkut 

 huch nuclei are very nbuiuhully diFpcriicd amongst the rocks is evident. 



A little to tha W. of this rock and towards [he beach there i-. o Jnr^e ilatl^h rock. 

 One side is a curve in wliieU paralluL laminae, after retaining their continuity for wmc 

 UiickncsSj part in the middle and pve otT two 63 stems perjH-uJu uLr L « j the first. If thk 



