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Sandy earth and some streaks of plain sand form 
# the ground; now and then a little clay and taints of ochre* 
The sea shore is covered with fragments of shells of a 
small size, but notwithstanding the pains I took, I 
could not find one single shell in a state of perfect 
preservation. 
My camp was near two large and very remarkable 
rocks; their tops ended in perpendicular sharp points. 
They were composed of sloping uneven beds of chrys- 
tal and quartz, running in veins through slaty clay 
layers. This was the first rock of a primitive aspect 
which I found in Africa, 
It rained a little; and at six in the evening the ther- 
mometer was at 15°*, the hygrometer 10(K The wind 
blew west* 
Sunday, 1 1th March. We started at 8 in the morning, 
direction W.S.W. At a quarter after nine we passed 
the river Sarrat; kept S.W. crossed at 10 the river 
JBusteka, and two small brooks; got through Mansuria 
at a quarter past one, and arrived at three in the after- 
noon on the right shore of the river Injife, where we 
were obliged to wait a long while for low water, in 
order to pass over it. Half an hour after this passage 
we arrived at Fidala, where we took our quarters. 
This country abounds with small hills, the road rims 
along the sea shore, and the coast is like that which we 
saw yesterday. 
The ground is formed by sandy clay beds, on rocks 
of compact clay and slate* 
We found vegetation in the same activity, and aboun- 
ding with flowers. I had plenty of opportunity to im- 
prove my herbary with several magnificent plants, 
* 65° Fahrenheit. < 
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