shall merely give an account of the specimens collected
a t the various places which we touched a t during this
voyage, accompanied by brief explanations from memorandums
made on the spot.
The geologist will be struck with the resemblance which
the rocks in this; remote, quarter of the globe bear to those
with which he has been familiarly acquainted.
SPECIMENS FROM CHINA.
MACAO.
1. Granite, composed of white quartz, porcelain clay,
and greenish steatite, with veins of white quartz intersecting
each other.
-2.: Fine-grained granite, composed of yellowish feldspar,
white quartz, and black mica.
Quartz dykes of great magnitude traverse, ¡the granite
which forms this peninsula.
i HONG-KONG, ONE OF TH E LA D RO N E IS LA N D S ,
- OFF MACAO.
3. Lead-coloured compact quartz rock, with imbedded
crystals of-flesh-coloured feldspar.
G R EA T LEMMA, ONE OF TH E L A D R O N E ISLANDS ,
OFF MACAO.
4. Coarse-grained' granite, with 'distinct crystals of
-feldspar.
SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE YELLOW SEA.
CHE-A-TOW.
5. Fine-grained gneiss, composed of white quartz, white
feldspar,-and black mica, with a vein containing hornblend
and crystals of feldspar.
6. The strata are here very much contorted; the cliffs
a t some places being folded up like webs of cloth.
7. Granular primitive lime-stone, containing greenish
steatite.
8. Quartz rock, alternating with gneiss.
9. A specimen containing amorphous pieces of iron.
C U NG-CUNG-CHE EN IS LANDS .
10. Very fine-grained gneiss, composed of white quartz,
flesh-coloured feldspar, and black mica.
11. Coarser variety of the same.
12. Compact blueish-grey feldspar, with grains of quartz.
O E I -H A I -O B I .
13. Gneiss, composed of yellowish feldspar, white quartz,
and black mica.
l u n g - c u n g - t a o i s l a n d s .
14. Coarser variety of the rock described above»