Strata between Durlstone Head and Old Harry. 83 



The upper bed, (called marble rag), distinguished for its 

 multitude of Paludince, may be traced from the level of the 

 sea at Peverill Point, to the top of the hill above the Gulley ; 

 and again from the level of the sea, below that great fault, to 

 the top of the opposite cliffs ; in passing whence it forms a 

 double arch, convex and concave, the former being cracked 

 in the direction of its radii, as represented at 7 in the follow- 

 ing sketch, (Jig. 9), taken near the spot, and affording an 



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Coast section from Peverill Point to Durlstone Head. 



1, Coast from Poole to Christchurch, (Plastic clay). 2, Old Harry, 



(Chalk). 3, Ballard Point, C. 4, Cliffs in Swanwich Bay, Hastings 

 Sands. 5, Peverill Point, Purbeck beds. 6, Gulley, P. 7, Arched 

 strata, Durlstone Head, P. 8, Breccia on the shore, P. 9, Chalk downs. 



analogous example to that given by Dr. Fitton elsewhere, of 

 the conditions of the saddle of lower green sand, which ex- 

 tends from Sevenoaks to Godstone in Surrey, at a spot near 

 Brasted Place, in Kent, here copied. (G. T. iv. p. 135). 



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Bending of the strata of Green Sand, at the ' New World,' Brasted Place, 



Kent. 



Mr. Webster mentions that on the shore near Peverill Point, 

 fragments of bone are frequently found in the masses of rock 

 thrown down. I have observed, very near the stair-case that 

 descends to the beach at Peverill Point, an imbedded bone ir 

 the cliff, through which has passed one of those cracks tha 

 have separated the rock into so many masses, leaving portions 

 of the bone on each side ; a proof this, that the derangements 

 have taken place since the consolidation of the rock. 



