The following sketch of the Geology of the S.E, of Dorset has been compiled 

 from notes taken at various periods during a three years' residence in the Isle of 

 Purbeck, but which were unavoidably brought to a hasty conclusion, a circumstance 

 which the writer trusts will be a sufficient excuse for any inaccuracies which it may 

 contain. He however anticipates that it will prove to be a sufficient guide to the 

 stranger in this interesting district. 



Ensbury House, July, 1852. 



