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or slight assure* running in the direction of its length or WW- by W. and SE* by E, 

 nearly, a line which, cuts the bill of Tanjontf Pantoodaruf on the main. In the lower of 

 the two groove* or channels there is a cup, the 4Ur r ace of which is rusty coloured. Two 

 sharp pieces of rock project from it. One of them is of a very dirk flreen owing lo the 

 hornblcui^ greatly predominating, la the cap I aUo found a globular volcanic stone aemi- 

 vesicuhr on one side. It il very beairy , eonaists: of a rusty substance, and cihahft & strong 

 chulybiaie smell | at right angles to the above then? arc other splits. At one place ? where 

 the beach U formed of dccoirnpo&tnjj rook, a ledge about 8 inches high and 2 feet broad runs 

 out and dip* below the water f originally it was probably harder than the rest but is bow 

 iuf|, [l has a whitish and yellowi&h red colour, Fchpar predominates ia this neighbour- 

 hood- On the beach altered fragments are itrcwu. .Some are large rounded blocks, which, 

 interna III v , are of a deep brick red colour. The shore of the He*t point jj strewed whh 

 blocks or various sixes. Further in there are large masse*, of which some are broken. The: 

 Point is the rounded cilrcmiEy of a iow hill (or one of the Unnks of the rafijjs tif (he 

 hlaad) wkiob rises from the bench. Piles of rock are partially ran through (he jungle on 

 the bill &ide, From the W. angle 1 ascendud ihu si op. A few yard&up there- h a remark- 

 able ina&s of ruck partially split. The SW. portion, is in lu general outline, a* viewed 

 from the SE. f a pyramidal block , separated on the NE* from the rest of the mass by oil 

 irregular chasm , and, where its hue: n-sLs on the raas* below, also figured. Its face is fffey 

 with Neb™ 0"d mosses, and SO rough with ftwlftri* at to appear wholly wrinkled. The 

 chtuuflli face the SE. and are mostly inclined to the NE, t but they ore frc/rueiitly irre- 

 gular , curvilinear, or slightly sieuous, The rock is a syenite, coasting of fd*pnr , dark 

 green, hornblende and quarts , — the lirsl ^really in ciccss. 



At the bottom the syenite changes abruptly into a green ish black bornblcndic sAnifliatt 

 substance* similar to that of J*i StjnKat. Al lumo places, it is about 2 fea£ thick. This wjs 

 probably the thickness all along the base originally. The Ikiurc between this block and the 

 ma^i on vrhith it rvdHs nmj> through this substance , as the upper surface bis m some places a 

 thin coating of it It is broken with great difficulty. I hammered at the edges for some 

 time with no other effect than to knock off the thin coating of decomposed rock, and had! 

 fi> be satisfied with fragments of some Amall rhomhoidai masses which 1 found loose in The 

 fissure of junction. The reek decomposes at the surface into a soft yet tough (frtyiih pow- 

 dery suh^tunce. The line of junction between I he hornblende and syenite eonld not be mi- 

 nutely examined on account of the weathered state of the surface. I succeeded id knocking 

 oh? one smalt specimen at the junction, In thU the black flinty rock first pa asm into a 

 greenstone , then the ^rey felspar increases till the hornblende appears in cloudy sjiota , 

 striata and grains, dispersed in a base of felspar- Then in this compound base, crystal* of 

 fekpur appear. The number of cryataU increase* till the base entirely disappears. The pa* 

 rent mass is of great site, stretching from the figure which divides it from the block describ* 

 ed ahov*: tu thv 5E. Et-vjinj ilu., it luma in the NE. uni i'I[h'.h ( .s ri hiflh pcrpcudieultir 

 face j of which thf Upper half U deeply channelled, and the nummit broken into irregular 

 sharp pinnacle, - the kruunation^ of the ridges that separate the ehannek. One of ihe 

 ehaoneld . the secouJ from I he angle, rcachtLS a Utile lower than the others gra- 



