IN TURKEY. 
the sea: they are distinguished by circumstances chap. 
of mineral association, which merit particular ' 
notice. Upon the same side of the coast, to 
the westward of the basaltic range, the strata 
consist of a secondary deposit, inclining to the 
horizon at an angle of about thirty-five degrees. 
Then occur the pillars in prismatic forms ; pre- 
serving, by the line of their bases, exactly the 
same dipping inclination towards the level of 
the sea, and continuing the whole way to the 
extreme point of the promontory, upon the 
northern side of the port of Ineada. There is not 
a single appearance anywhere, in or near the 
harbour, to indicate the agency of subterraneous 
fire. The strata are of lumachella, of ochreous 
indurated clay, of common limestone, or of sand- 
stone: these are all terminated by the range of 
prismatic rocks, ending abruptly at the point of 
the promontory ; their further extension being- 
lost in the sea. Therefore, as this series of 
basaltic rocks preserves the same dipping in- 
clination which is possessed by all the other 
strata, it seems manifest, upon the most super- 
ficial examination, that it was deposited after 
the same manner; and, by attending to the 
internal structure and composition of the pillars, 
this truth appears to be further established. 
Their form is generally hexagonal; but it is 
rarely perfect. The substance of which they 
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