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p. 260 Hill of St Lucia. Porphyry with green-gray base – white transparent crystals of feldspar [illeg] hornb & magnetic iron – columns 4 or 5 sided dimensions given

p 263 Montes de Dominico, N. of town. – Meyen says Trachyte R says porphyry very like Trachyte – little feldspar more hornblende but crystals very small – with balls of various sizes of syenite but has decayed hornblende = Cathedral built out of rock of this hill and says S. Cristobal 842, 50 metres high!! some mistake. I must call my S. Cristobal a little hill. – to show which I allude to.

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R. stands for Prof G. Rose

I determined to call Santiago 1750 ft.

 

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p. 221 seed weeds & marine animals adhering sea earthquakes 1822 on rocks just above elevated [illeg] coast of [many words illeg]

p 226 [illeg] of rocks all [illeg] Valparaiso as syenite with middle sized crystals (white feldspar, [brown] mica, hornblende & quartz with coarser granite & porphyry in some part.

 

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p. 226 calls Rocks of Valparaiso syenite with middle sized crystals of white feldspar, brown mica, hornblende & quartz. – some coarser granite & high on one point – on little boundary first plains of Los Tal … porphyry with little pores with [Pistarit] fine crystals &

p. 231 Tapata Range, porphyry & fine granite of the coarser rock – clefs

p. 235 Prado Range Rock different from coast rocks – much porphyritic conglomerate – pebbles of greenstone granite = a white carious quartz Rock =

R. stands for Prof G. Rose