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ME.  HOENER  ON  THE  ALLUVIAL  LAND  OE  E&TPT. 
Tables  of  the  Soils"- 
Signs 
in  the 
sections. 
Varieties. 
Local  names  given  by 
Hekektan  Bey. 
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. 
F. 
G. 
H. 
I. 
K. 
L. 
M. 
N. 
O. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
Blackish  brown  argillaceous  earth,  similar  to  sample  I. 
Part  I.  p.  130  
Blackish,  argillaceous  sandy  earth 
Memoir. 
Light  brown,  argillaceous  sandy  earth,  with  scales  of  mica. 
Blackish,  compact,  argillaceous  sandy  earth,  with  scales  of  mica 
Greenish  brown,  argillaceous  sandy  earth,  with  scales  of  mica  .. 
Reddish  brown,  argillaceous  sandy  earth,  with  scales  of  mica  .. 
Greyish  brown,  argillaceous  sandy  earth,  with  scales  of  mica  .. 
Transparent  quartzose  sand,  rounded  particles  of  various  sizes,  mixed  | 
with  particles  of  black  earth  / 
Fine,  shining  black  sand,  composed  of  rounded  and  crystalline  grains  1 
of  magnetic  iron,  with  a small  proportion  of  quartzose  sand  / 
Transparent,  fine-grained  quartzose  sand,  of  a light  yellow  tint,  re- 1 
sembling  the  fine  part  of  the  sample  X.  Memoir,  Parti,  p.  130...  j 
Very  fine  quartzose  sand,  with  scales  of  mica  
Fine,  transparent  quartzose  sand,  composed  of  rounded  particles  
Gravel,  composed  of  rounded  quartz  pebbles,  coarse  sand  and  an- 1 
gular  fragments  of  flint  j 
Transparent,  quartzose  sand,  similar  to  K 
Artificial  substances. 
Fragments  and  particles  of  limestone  and  red  sandstone.. 
Fragments  of  red  burnt  bricks  
Fragments  of  pottery 
Fragments  of  the  rubbish  of  buildings,  with  lime  mortar 
Teane  zebedi,  butter  soil  or 
fine  clay. 
Teane  soda  iblizi,  or  plastic 
clay. 
Teane  safra  iblizi,  yellow 
plastic  clay. 
Teane  zargha. 
Teane  khadra. 
Teane  houmra. 
Teane  beida. 
Rami  abiad,  white  sand. 
Rami  iswid,  black  sand. 
Rami  asfar,  yellow  sand. 
Rami  azrak,  bluish  sand. 
Rami  Nili,  clean  river-sand. 
Zallat,  quartz  pebbles. 
Rami  gebeli,  desert  sand. 
Dabsh,  stone  fragments. 
Tonb  ah  mar  roufaiah. 
Foukhhar  roufaiah. 
Mouna  binaiah. 
The  letters  and  figures  within  the  sections  in  Plates  II.  and  III.  refer  to  the  above 
Table. 
The  letters  and  figures  which  stand  first  in  the  divisions  of  the  sections  indicate  the 
variety  of  the  soil  and  of  the  artificial  substance  which  predominates  in  the  division. 
* The  specimens  of  the  soils  and  of  the  objects  of  art  found  in  the  excavations,  which  are  mentioned  in 
this  memoir,  Parts  L and  IL,  will  be  deposited  in  the  British  Museum. 
