288 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Geological Specimens from the Yang-tse-. 
Captain BlaJdston, 11.A 
No. 
Description. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Sandstone and felstone.. 
Red sandstone . 
Quartz rock .^ 
Pinkish limestone. 
Pebbles of quartz, jaspar, and lime- \ 
stone from conglomerate ...j 
Calcareous sandstone . 
Limestone, and ribboned silicious \ 
rock and grit, or chert..... j 
Granite, in boulders. 
Gneiss . 
Sandstone, with green grains. 
Purple marly sandstone, and silicious 
grit.) 
Inferior coal, and rock-like under clay 
Sandstone, with exposed surface glossed 
Limestone (fine-grained) .. 
Blackish limestone (very hard) . 
Dark grey limestone, with veins of) 
calcareous spar . ) 
Coal (anthracite) ... 
Silicious sand, with spangles of white 'j 
and yellow mica, iron, and small j* 
grains of gold . ) 
Rough calcareous sandstone . 
Lime, probably calcined, and which") 
has afterwards, by exposure, re- > 
absorbed carbonic acid.} 
Grey sandstone. 
Grey micaceous and felspathic sand¬ 
stones . 
Same as 21, with fragments of sand-1 
stone and limestone.) 
Hard silicious grit . 
Soft micaceous and silicious grit . 
Fine red calcareous sandstone . 
Sandstone . 
Micaceous sandstone . 
Limestone, and red and grey sandstone 
Bituminous coal, carbonaceous shale. ‘ 
and grey shale . 
Dark purple micaceous sandstone ... 
Bituminous coal and sandstone. 
Chin-kiang .... 
Nanking. 
Between Hankow and Kingkow, left \ 
bank . ) 
Opposite Chi-kiang .. 
Near I-chang ... 
Opposite I-chang.. 
Six miles above 1-chang .*.. 
Seven miles N.W. of I-chang. 
Below Lu-kan gorge .. 
Five miles below Kwei. 
Kwei ..... 
Near Kwei. 
Near coal, two miles west of Kwei ... 
Village of Kwan-du-kow.. 
In Wu-shan gorge, at the boundary") 
between Hoo-peh and Sz’chuan > 
provinces . ) 
Quai-chow (foo) . 
Between Quai-chow and Yung-yan ... 
Bed of the Yang-tse near Wan (hien) 
In blocks along the river near Wan ... 
Used for cement at Wan . 
Near Fung-tu . 
From a reef at Fu... 
Below Chung-king . 
Below Chung-king. Supposed from") 
an iron-smelting furnace.) 
( Range of hills east of Chung-king, 5 
\ where coal is worked .) 
Above Chung-king . 
Near Kin-tindse Island . 
Near village of Chung-pa-sha. 
Na-chi... 
Opposite Nan-ki . 
Mines of Pa-ko-shan, below Su-chow 
Su-chow. 
Ta-tan-pa Rapid, above Su-chow . 
Feb. 20, 61 
» -26 „ 
June 28 „ 
Mar. 30 „ 
Apr. 1 „ 
33 * 33 
„ 6 » 
do 
» 7 » 
33 8 » 
do 
do 
June 14 „ 
Apr. 9 „ 
„ 10 „ 
June 13 „ 
Apr. 14 „ 
Apr. 16 „ 
do 
do 
» 23 „ 
„ 24 „ 
* 27 „ 
do 
June 7 „ 
May 4 „ 
do 
do 
» 7 „ 
» ™ n 
,3 17 „ 
21 
24 
Fish, presented by Sir J. Richardson . 
Sargus rondelalii. 
„ saluani. 
Julis pavo. 
„ vulgaris. 
Dentex vulgaris. 
Serranus scriba. 
Scorpcena porcus. 
Pagrus harter. 
Mullus ■ 
Gobius 
