An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798:: Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of that Continent; the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms; and Sketches on the Physical and Moral Characters of the Various Tribes of Inhabitants Surrounding the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. : To which is Annexed, a Description of the Present State, Population and Produce of that Extensive Colony; with a Map, Constructed Entirely from Actual Observations, Made in the Course of the TravelsG.F. Hopkins, at Washington's Head, no. 118 Pearl-Street., 1802 - 386 pages |
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... stone and sand- stone , in successive strata , to the depth of twenty- three feet . The operation of boring was then dis- continued by the discovery of actual coal coming out , as miners express it , to day , along the banks of a deep ...
... stone and sand- stone , in successive strata , to the depth of twenty- three feet . The operation of boring was then dis- continued by the discovery of actual coal coming out , as miners express it , to day , along the banks of a deep ...
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... sand - stone with clay Sand - stone of chocolate brown 22 · 21 14 31 Bluish soapy clay Striated sand , red and white , containing clay 33 Here the operation was discontinued for the sent . 128 pre- Most of the European , and several of ...
... sand - stone with clay Sand - stone of chocolate brown 22 · 21 14 31 Bluish soapy clay Striated sand , red and white , containing clay 33 Here the operation was discontinued for the sent . 128 pre- Most of the European , and several of ...
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... stones , proposed by Mr. Kirwan to be called granitelles . Fine blue flags , with whitish streaks , are procured ... sand , and indeed the whole bed of clay , seem to have been formed from the ... stone which faces the SOUTHERN AFRICA . 33.
... stones , proposed by Mr. Kirwan to be called granitelles . Fine blue flags , with whitish streaks , are procured ... sand , and indeed the whole bed of clay , seem to have been formed from the ... stone which faces the SOUTHERN AFRICA . 33.
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... sand - stone of a dirty yellow co- lour . Above this is a deep brown sand - stone , con- taining calciform ores of iron , and veins of hematite running through the solid rock . Upon this rests a mass , of about a thousand feet in height ...
... sand - stone of a dirty yellow co- lour . Above this is a deep brown sand - stone , con- taining calciform ores of iron , and veins of hematite running through the solid rock . Upon this rests a mass , of about a thousand feet in height ...
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... sand upon it , except where it is drifted into ridges , is seldom three feet deep , and generally rests on sand - stone or hard gravel , bound together , and coloured yel- low or brown with iron . The vegetable remains , washed by the ...
... sand upon it , except where it is drifted into ridges , is seldom three feet deep , and generally rests on sand - stone or hard gravel , bound together , and coloured yel- low or brown with iron . The vegetable remains , washed by the ...
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