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the beds here are seen to be not less than
100 feet thick with a slight easterly dip. Two
firm pinous sandstone layers are present, One is
most marked being probably not less than 100 feet thick
and the other from 700 to 800 feet above the base. The other
sandstone horizons appear to be local. Rarely a dike
intersects these beds.
From a photo of the basalt cliffs of Micklemot
and two of Niaros.
Arrived at Micklemot at 11 A.M. Bedding iron.
1 Anders Paulus Kristin Ole Lukassen
2 Mikkeline Anne Rache Cortzen
3 Jens Maria Lucas Moller
4 Karen Anne Elisabeth Bengithe Korstrum
The above couple must be on their way by the
post today.
Arriving at Micklemot the entire village of
young and old
comes out to greet us and to help unload our boats
while the three Pastors are the Sw. Carl Frederik, Wilhelm
Fendrichsen,
come to bid us welcome. We are soon asked to their
country house to have some wine. This wife is a native
and her son in Sw. of Moussnaak.
The rock of this place is a specialist
basalt somewhat columnar. I have a small