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covered by slid I 6*b, The bils qf the grooves on the Front runs KW, by W, ami SR 



Jpy EL neatly. 



At flie SW* shie <li^re ii a ennmm ladle shaped cmrily of which lha bnltotn is flat und 

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

 ther, Tory gallon-, detecndi from it, On one side ii a small heart shaped hrdlmT. A band 

 of bl.nk h on b Mem die rock teafanfel iV- KffPBf pari of the mp and inchidci fcht bolloif. 



The appearance of the whole ma^ from inc eea is very remar Lablc. The summit seem* 

 fo coTi4^t of numerous pcakf, Ihc lower being the projcclinrj; cilrcnutic* of the ridges, and 

 the higher rising well sboFC Ihc mass )iko turrets-; while the tree spreads id arms prolcct- 

 io^Iy ever the whole. 



Ob. ihe vertical surf-ice of an adjacent rock there is a deep cup like depression* The 

 Chinese have partially broken the rock at this place, and brlnw j he: surface of I he cup 

 it » Ken to be arranged in mneeiitrie follae car respond id \j with the' cup. 



A til I'b? to Che & of tlu pUe above described, a large wedge almped rock rifts out of the 

 10. It if furrowed on, all Baden, 



Half way up the lull behind, liter? U another very rrtnarkable ma^, the face of which atrclclicj 

 aloaj the Jit El an a horizontal direction for apparent It 1 ->() to iHN) feet, a i nd with a height 

 in bottu? planes of 40 to aO feet, A peculiar feature of this rock is, that, while I ho western 

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

 rows dipping- from H, to W. at ad mule of apparently about ^"t' r The belts of rock be- 

 tween ihexn are broken through in many places by irregular channels often. Dpproiimalmn; 

 to reviical. The surface of this side it further back than that of the rcs£, and m a small 

 projecting peril on of its uppi-r edge, which is continued in the same plane with the latter, 

 present* vitSm-.i1 c\ j.ih nek of similar dimensions and aspect to those which mark it, I con- 

 clude that lifter ihe whole face of the rock had been channeled miL, a tnhuLir mass 

 here fell off Lea Tina; only a portion where the cohesion was firmer, and thai llic ncii 

 layer or laminae, possessing a different structural cleavage, hag been wiice furrowed, in the di- 

 rection of lis principal dirifkfnal Uocf. This conclusion is slrcnglhened by the drcuiredaace 

 that this portion of the face haa an an gn la r broken n ppearnnfc , and lli.it neither its inclin- 

 ed nor ils approximately vertical channel* hare the smooth regularly curved surfaces which 

 ehnractcri** the flroores of the rent of I lie n^k in mmrnou willi Cite other masses in this 

 tocaHly. It is to flie latter , like Ihe first rude angular uulline shaped by the sculptor to 

 bit finish ci J work. Nevertheless it alto bean the impress of a hiffh onliquily Iwing: eoTcrcd 

 hj vegetable incriiidaEions, ond ombmced by the relictilationi of the rant* of a tree similar 

 In species to thai before notired. Man^ of the principal roois run alonrj live hands or ridges 

 between the grooves. Some prefer the laltcr, and :aroe pass from ontr groove la another 

 by f\m (To Iters which intersect the diridinff ridjje. The summit of the rock, present s a dense 

 masfl nf vegetal ion . 



Oil llic top Of tlic hiU, wbieb \$ here very steep , iherc are several piles of rocks whose 

 perpendicular >i:irt projeel froifn the declivity * while tlmlr snrnrniLs are nearly on a level 

 w[th Chat of ihe httl. One of these is divided into diMcnct entire masses bf wide vertical 

 chasms. The perpendicular faces are arooved. Another adjoining; pila s on the olbor ■ luiud, 



