Specimens of the silicified wood were examined by Robert Brown, and determined by him as coniferous, "partaking of the characters of the Araucarian tribe, with some curious points of affinity with the yew."); the others (30-40) I only know to be trees from the analogy of form and position; they consist of snow-white columns (like Lot's wife) of coarsely crystalline carb.

of lime.

The largest shaft is 7 feet.

They are all close together, within 100 yards, and about the same level: nowhere else could I find any.

It cannot be doubted that the layers of fine sandstone have quietly been deposited between a clump of trees which were fixed by their roots.