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from below. Tha basaltic rock is inEcrseeled by three s|*(ems of parallel planet oF imperfect 

 cohesion, winch divide it uitu rhomboid.il piece*, llid uidea of which are white, owing; ia %. 

 sligliL KiijH-rficiat decom post tin n. Of these sysiems of plane* one hai a strike 14 W. by W. 

 nearly and U ahn ■ : u-rticaL but with n slighl . dip easterly. Another runs i\E. by R. 

 iii'jj-ly, :»ad dUririfl.U^ Nutte frnLit vi-rliuil t"> £ »nr SK. h Si than (be Oilier:. 



Proceeding a Ion j the beach to the eastward t found a largo ma AS, en the SE. side of 

 which wqjs I lie remnant of 0 b.i^ljic dyke which wa* marked lay a few hr*ri innl.il [jrooFea. 

 The fucfi of the remnant is cavernous, and looks as if it bad bctm torrefied. Further on 

 I noticed a small par dun of bii^ilt adhering to a large syeuULe block. The next not tea bi o 

 rocks were aoruo masses of toft sernidccompo<cd syenite with the surface to some depth pe- 

 dicular. Tlii* i* rnwibly due Ita Clu: continued adieu of Uie wave* and the nLmnsphcre. 



To the £. of 111 if I found on I lie beach a anvil i globular rock, 3 to 4 inche* in diameter, 

 of « Tolcanio sppeafance. Bt c^rruifcLly it bid a smuclh enamel uF a reddish ond blackish 

 brown colour. Tim u succeeded by a red and redJidi yellow band from r / 4 to yj of au 

 inch til irk- Internally it h a uniform finely vcsieitlar ittaSd uf n dull brown hue and ivitk 

 a portion druay. Near this the beach wa* plentifully strewed with small si ones, many re- 

 sembling (hose found on some of the Nj'fifjjij™™ lull* , and amount wbifli ferruginous 

 fragrnenU or semi decomposed rocks, granite, syenite, greenstone etc. can he recognized. 



The hilly paillt WaJ fcUrqeecied by a mangrove flat, which. c-'mIkmi .i u>- r.ai'hrd the 



point opposite the western end of Fttfo Tarn. The mangroves frinje the point which it 

 the cut re mi fy of a liLil of a brownish red soil wi ill out any roc Li ci [toscd. The toil appears 

 to be deep and tolerably friable, Tbe forest treca arc tall and Iulu riant r but many of tins 

 finest have been felled by Chinese woodcutters, by whoie tracks I WOl cnab led easily to ascend 

 the hill. 



Ifcpnd this Point, add along- the greater portion of I lie strait of Palo Tarn, the coast ia a 

 mangrove juagZo* There i& a small creek at one place, and so far as I r-euld judjpe from 

 the appearance of the hiLU on either Bide it seemed probable, that tbe mangroves hero 

 extend quite across the inland ? and thai it furmcrly eunsisted of two separate iilan^ Tbe 

 northern eoagt 011 the oppoAite side of the Eslaud is al*o tbe margin of a hrond mangrove- 

 swamp which I obierwd to bo likewise penetraikd hy 0 creek* If them i* one ronEiuuoua 

 creek aeroil there m.mt si ill be in fact two Ulauds. Toward* the 1:. end of P. Tani, where 

 tic ojjain come in sight of tlic Singapore coatt , two linti or kijjh jnnjslo rismrj oter the 

 mangroves mark the dfrn-Jiou uf the ueit hill Qjnks. The base of nhc Bni is whoMy cn- 

 t eloped by rnangrores. The next advanced lo tlic besch ^1 one spot where a re.JJiJi rt>ek 

 clsea immediately from th« Water to the hOLyht of about twenty fceL The front alone ii, 

 exposed. The aided are shaded by the jungle, and over the; summit 19 a lni.uLi.iut Canopy, 

 of shrubs nnd small trees wbkFi hirU cni it lc it to he called the fertile rock. 0n<? uf the 

 trees U oti'ee-linyly heauLifiil being covered with a. denie mass of dirk flreen gtossy foliajja- 

 which it secnis to spread triumphantly , towards the loftier trees growing around it and 

 rooted in the holI but leii adorned than their sister of the rock. The Face of the rock is 

 senUng off. It decompose* into a deep red earth, and the pretalnoce of iron which colours 

 the soil probably alio gives the dark green to the vegetal ion wbieh it supports The whole 

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