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r f e d th e c a v e , w h i c h i f i t is n o t lo w w a t e r , y o u rn u f t d o in a
K y o u 'c om e t o th e f i r f t ra n g e s o f p i l la r s , w h i c h a r e f t i l l n o t
* v’e h a l f as la r g e as th o fe a l i t t l e b e y o n d . O v e r - a g a in f t th is p la c e
I (mail if la n d , c a lle d in E r fe , B oo-Jha-la o r m o r e p r o p e r ly B u a ch a -
1 o r th e h e rd fm a n , fe p a r a te d f r o m th e m a in , b y a c h a n n e l n o t
B y fa th om s w i d e ; . th is w h o le ifla n d is c om p o fe d o f p i lla r s w i th out
any f t r a tum a b o v e th em •; th e y are f t i l l fm a l l , b u t b y m u c h th e
neateft fo rm e d o f a n y a b o u t th e p la c e . . . .
1 | T h e f i r f t d iv i f io n o f th e i f la n d , f o r a t h ig h w a t e r i t is d i -
Hed intrr tw o , m a k e s a k in d o f a c o n e , th e p i l la r s c o n v e r g in g
teether to w a rd s th e c e n t r e : o n th e o th e r , I t h e y - a r e in g e n e r a l ,
lid d ow n f la t , an d in th e f r o n t n e x t t o th e m a in , - y o u fe e h o w .
Beautifully th e y a re p a c k e d t o g e t h e r ; th e i r e n d s c o m in g o u t
jauare w i th th e b a n k w h ic h , th e y fo rm : a l l th e fe h a v e th e i r t r a n f .
verfe fe f t io n s e x a f t , an d th e ir fu r fa c e s fm o o th , w h i c h is b y n o
means th e - c a f e w i th th e la r g e o n e s , w h i c h a r e c r a c k e d in a l l d i -
reftions. I m u c h q u e f t io n h o w e v e r , i f a n y o n e o f th is w h o le
ifland o f B u a ch a ille is tw o fe e t in d iam e te r .
1 T h e 'm a in ifla n d o p p o f e d to B oo-Jha-la a n d fa r th e r t o w a r d s ,
tie N . W . is fu p p o r t e d b y ra n g e s o f p i l la r s p r e t t y e r e f t , a n d 8
1 no t t a l l , (a s th e y are- n o t u n c o v e r e d to th e b a fe ) o f la r g e d ia l
e r s - , an d a t th e i r f e e t is an ir r e g u la r p a v em e n t , m a d e b y th e
upper fid e s o f fu c h as h a v e -b e e n b r o k e n - o f f , w h i c h e x te n d s a s f a r
ipiider w a t e r as th e e y e c a n r e a ch . H e r e th e fo rm s o f - t h e p i l la r s ,
liferent from thefe. Thofe I faw were ereft, and ran along the face
bent ftrangely in their middle, as if unable, at their original formation, whileiwfoft
ftate, to-fupport themafs o f incumbent earth that preffedon them.
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