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IN reply to the interesting letter from Mr. Wayland of the Geological Department of Uganda, I beg to say that my authority for the statement that the fort of Moçambique was built of stone brought from Portugal is the uninitialled article in the “Encyclopædia Britannica,” 11th ed., vol. 18, p. 949, where we read: “There are three forts, of which the principal, St. Sebastian, at the northern extremity of the island, was built in 1510 entirely of stone brought from Portugal”.
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COLE, G. The Transport of Rocks. Nature 112, 99 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112099b0
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