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composed of Mussel and Oyster Shells, in regular Strata several feet deep, the base Iron stone, and the Soil within the points very sandy. For a mile north of Point G the hills are separated by a chasm 100 yards wide, at the head of which is a swamp, from whence issues a small stream of water that looses itself in a black pebbly beach, around this Swamp are a few large stringy bark trees; the hill to the North of this Stream terminates the high land of the second tongue from Arthur's Seat, from its summit hills of arid sand are seen inland, with no other vegetation than heath, fern and parched grass in tufts; the sides of the hill are clayey & stoney; from hence a Sandy level with patches of swampy ground is seen to the NE. as far as the Northern hills, which rising in the NNE extend eastward in a long ridge of even height. About a Mile from H. a considerable Stream empties itself through the beach, the entrance is very narrow
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