340 NOT THE BEST WAY TO SETTLE A DISPUTE. 
clay under him and his antagonist on top, was left in 
that position by his now-satisfied foe without the most 
remote prospect of ever getting up through his own 
unaided exertions. He might just as well have been 
tied down, as -was the great Gulliver, for even his hair 
stuck so fast that he could not lift up his head: all 
that he could do was to roll his eyes about and work 
his arms, which only served to “fit him” to greater 
advantage. Upon being assisted to his feet, he was 
heard to express himself against “elinchin”’ — as the 
bast mode of settling a dispute — “upon sich ground 
as this.” 
Before leaving, I rolled up a hall of the singular sub- 
stance, intending to preserve it for future analyzation, 
hut, unfortunately, lost it before an opportunity presented 
itself. This hall, which was at first of about the consist- 
ency of working-putty, soon became as hard as soap- 
stone and susceptible of receiving quite a polish. It 
was of the colour of a yellowish-white clay, and without 
odour. 
The general formation of the promontory wms of sand- 
stone of several diflerent varieties. Along the beach, 
and projecting from the side of the cliffs, it was to be 
seen in the shape of huge boulders or pointed fragments, 
that had become blackened through the combined action 
of time and the elements and rendered as hard as granite ; 
while in the beds of the ravines and gullies it W'as found 
in a secondary state, so soft that the water in running 
over it loosened the minute particles, and, carrying them 
along in suspension, rendered itself totally unfit for 
either bathing or drinking purpioses. Catch a cupful 
