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NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION THROUGH ARABIA PETRÆA,
Fig. 6.—Geological Section along the Haj Road above the Gulf of Arabah.
Beds of yellow and white limestone broken off against the red granite along a line of fault. Red granite and porphyry penetrated by dykes of porphyry diorite.