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rifles, the following may be added to the preceding list of rocks :-- Limvston?resembling in the eha- Interior of New Holland, nmr tim ?cter of its organic remains the east coast; Van Diemen's mountain limestone of England. (Buckland; Prevost MSS; Scott). The Coa/-format/on . East eonst of New Holland; Van Diemen's Land. (Buckland-- Scott.) Indications of the nero r?d-$and- Van Diemen's Land. (Scott.) sgom (Red-Marl), afforded by the occurrenee of ? Van Diemen's Land. (Scott.) II. The specimens of Captain King's and Mr. Brown's col= leerions, without ?ny exception, agree with those of the same complete the catalogue of the rocks of Ausmdin, aceotdin? to the �present state of our information. "Lea 6chantillons recue'dlis tang da?s !es contr6ea voialnea du Port Jackson, que dans lea Montagnea-Bleues, ?ugmentont beau- coup nos connotssances sur ces parties de ia Nouvelle Hollande. Les &hantilions, au hombre de solxante-dix, nons offrent, I �a granites, lea s?nites-qtsartzif?res, et les l?egr?Hges (granites graphiques) qui constituent le second plan des Montognes-Bleuea. ?o. Les flr?s ferrug/ne?g, et renfermant d'abondantes paillettea de fer oHg?stes qul couvrent non seulement une vaste c?tendue de pays pr?a des c?2s, reals encore ie premier plan des Montagues- Bleues; et ?o. Le H?nlge sgraHforme qu'on exploite au Mont- YoreIt, ? 1000 pieds &u-deasus du nive&u de la met, et dont presence sjoute anx motifs qui portent k penser que lea grdsJ?rr? ?neu? de cea contr?es sppartiennent an syst?me des terrains terriaires. Vingt-sept ?chantillons ranmss? ? ia terre de Van Diemen, dam lea environs du port Dalrymple, et pros du Cap Barren, in- d|quent, I �s terrains de/?egsmHte, et de serpentine. ?. Dea