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lumps. Other parts of the ftratum confifted of laminated coal 
of the nature of turf, fuch as by naturalifts would be called 
Lithanthrax, and pieces occurred that feemed to differ in nothing 
from that fpecies known in England by the name of Bovey 
coal. The ligneous part burned with a clear flame, without 
much fmell, and left a refiduum of light white afhes like thofe 
of dried wood. The more compact earthy and ftoney parts 
burned lefs clear, gave out a fulphureous fmell, and left 
behind a flaty caulk, that foon contracted on the furface a deep 
brown ochraceous cruft. The borer being put down in feveral 
places in hopes of meeting with the main bed of coal, the 
general refult was as follows : 
In the bed of the rivulet : 
Feet. 
Coal _ » - - 
2 
Blue foapy rock 
5 
White foapy rock . . 
22 
Grey fand-ftone with clay 
21 
Sand-ftone of chocolate brown 
14 
Bluifh foapy clay - - - 
31 
Striated fand, red and white, containing clay 
33 
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Here the operation was difcontinued for the prefent. 
Moft of the European, and feveral of the tropical, fruits liave 
already been introduced into the colony, and cultivated with 
fuccefs. In every month of the year the table may be fupplied 
with 
