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Kong Vegetation 160 years ago (cont'd - page 3)
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(picture from AllPosters.com)
With so much irregularity of surface, there will necessarily
be much diversity in the soil; the mountain sides and
elevated parts will be chiefly bare and rocky, whilst
the beds of the vallies are likely to collect all the
usual materials which contribute to its formation. In
many places it is deep, and on examination, proves of
a red colour, friable, containing small particles of quartz,
and, it would appear, sufficiently productive; in some
cases it approaches clay, and is made into bricks, which
by burning take on them a blue colour. This is their general
aspect throughout the vast surface of the empire, and
the character of the soil, clay, and bricks of Hong Kong
is a fac-simile of those of China generally.
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