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"which rises near its suiiiiiiit, and Ibinid by its 



n wmb&f <)f iat^esting plattts. Him gem^ 

 ^uz&ee of the ittoiuitalii, and indeed dl cfve^ 



part of tljc island of I long Kong, that T was 

 able to visit, is rciiiarkaldy barren, olthoiig-li in 

 the distance it appears fertile, from a iern wliich 

 I Udieve to the Polypodium tricliotomnin of 



phnits. I iise ended about one thonsand 

 and retnrned Ijy a path whieli passed over a 

 small hillj or rather mound, di tiering in struc- 

 ture from &B. the rocks in its neighbourhood, 

 being cdi&|iQsed of a very MftHe slm-e rf u red- 

 dish white colour, nmcli resembling disinte- 

 grated feltspar. On reaching' tlic shore, I ex- 

 amined the rocks by the waterfall, where they 

 are exposed in large surfaces, and found them 

 eompoaed of b£tB9!lti<$ ttkf^ ^liiM^bti^ in some 

 places a distitlot straillfi«ation, in others a con- 

 fused columnar arrangement. It is also divided 

 into distinct, wcll-dclined, rliomboidal masses, 

 separated from each otlier by very obvious seams, 

 in mhhlk I fif^w^j jfomd crystals of 

 iron pyrifegfe**'*" 



The fuither prot^ress of the ship was ex- 

 tremely tardy, from calms and adverse winds, 

 so that we did not reach the Cap, sing, moon 

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