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ihe divisional lines, those producing: the rifts on the fact* of nxJct sloping abruptly into 

 the sea were fo-and to he cither nearly S. or 5. by SW. p and dipping easterly, Those 

 producing lite slight yrooves crowed the others p, dipping to the WfttWflrd , and with, a SE. 

 hearing Another system J ravened the faces of the rocks in a horiiontal direction F The 

 diction of the weather tod the tides had deepened many of these Ikjures , so as In form an 

 irrc[pdar system of shallow channels Toe rocky shore lo the south and west of the Point 

 is , like all the other projecting portions ei the: eiwisl, lIju base of a In I! Oil its western 

 citrcniiry, (which is tcparatcd from the eastern by a small tract of mann/roTc and u per- 

 haps a distinct hillj there is m 1ar#e insular rock. The external form of this islet is very 

 ptahory due to the divi^ioiiid plattcs of the rock, Df there the principal ere parallel lo itt 

 N. and S, or loader sideSj bear a very little S< of E. and dip at a a angle of about to 

 the S Hence while the south cdjje or the islet has a smooth slope f facing formed of the 

 nppermg.4 layer produced by these plane* j the: northern side on the contrary is steep and 

 roujfh, prcjenlinfj a scries- of broken ledges rising over each ether and dfppinjj inwards. The 

 *urfaco of the rock is indistinctly marked by lines at right angles lo the principal ones. At 

 [he western end, where the remnants of some of the layers stretch into the sea mod are 

 broken up by the wnrc& h Ihev ire divided by these cross planes into irrcnuLar fragment. 

 Other Vines are occasionally distinguishable, running ML by )S- The rock is very Like 

 those at the adjoining Point , hot (ins ji ^rrealcr tendency io a compact hornhlcndic charac-* 

 icr. The Point is succeeded hv u mu^h-i . i J «- 1 ■ - Cnict of mangrove. 



The next Point the steep narrow end of a spar cohered wiUt jungle save at the sum- 

 mit, from which rises on enormous rock, partially visible through the foliage from the 

 water, With some difficulty I walked and clemh round it through the jungle, md a mi* 

 unto nnmiiaiiEinn ma A\ M\< proved thai i' -i. i.il rti.-nw I ■■.vuifijn r<i ( -n w.i-, L 1 1-« n >nt I 

 of ils internal structure. The northern face, or that which overlooks the channel, is very 

 lefty and picture^ ue. its lower portion is of gTcat length, rttrctehing quite across the 

 hill j and rises to a considerable height perpendicularly , or rather with a flight lUcHualien 

 uiwards. Above this wall the rock., as it rim, retires and narrows by successive irregular 

 stent j bo as to present o ruined castellated appearance- Toe neark perpendicular wail is the 

 fico ot the outermost of the layers dT which the whoJe mass is composed^ It* direction, 

 agreeing with that of the internal planes of weaker cohesion, is E, SE, nearly, but it U 

 slightly curved. The face U marked by two systems of imperfect grooves crossing cadi other. 

 One set approaches to vertical but dipa same degrees to the W» Tho other approximates to 

 horhontol, but lias a dip of a few decrees fo the E. Similar markings are found on the 

 i itSli. i u r.n n nt l he miuu, and Ihey shew the directions of two systems of divisional planed. 

 The eastern side of the rock dips inward i i.iu itcly, and probably exposes the true form of 

 (1 i L e ■«■[ < i.h- ills i i'.uii.l [.l.ims On mic side E In- continuity of H> surface u iu It- irrupted, 

 ami the Invert assume a trndciiry to enwrap nuclei, The Wflit fece of the rock di|M out- 

 wardi! descending by irre^uliir steps, Tii<^c are farmed by two of the system* of divisional 

 plants, They are raueh broken and in some places traversed by channels of some regularity 

 which are evidently formed in pkdes of divbrioa. All ilic planes seem to he in fOTnc de- 

 (jfCt curved. 



