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Cap. Orchard & Brommell
landing at g[a]r[da]y's route.
The Grignille is driven at
water edge w/ large Plas,
then dense, and Wistella drift
at any rock, this rock is
nearly horizontal.
At the port of Willis creek shoral
The same Grignille rock is
exposed, dipping slightly down
stream. = nearly horizontal.
660 At Yiche Creek the T roller
landing stone used to be but
it is now down now.
Black Whale
5 1/2 ft peculiar to rounded rock, age
unknown.
{9 ft indurated arg. massive rock,
speckling, breaking up into thin
saw layers at several horizons,
but chiefly massive.
9 ft of arg. rock, identical with the
gravel w/ its weeping rock but
weathering to very thin bedded,
clayy material.
}
{9 in. f[ra]g[me]nts from island E.
2 in. clay.
9 in argill. dome edged limeta.
about conformable.
11 in clay shale, w/ hygro-mous care.
13 in. D[ye] coloured b. in several layers,
very hard but the affected in their
laminae which are well acted
on or so to make much the thin lags.