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debris a piece of fossil wood similar to those mentioned at page 

 15. The following measurements are as nearly correct as the 

 state of the cliff will allow of their being taken. 



Character of Rock. Thlckneta. Organic Remains. Qoirry Liat. 



N 



Chert beds 



Portland dirt 

 bed 



Tufaceous sandy 

 rock, containing 

 chert say 



A band of yellow 

 sand, about 



Masses ( some of 

 which are dome- 

 shaped) of cellular 

 tufaceous rock, 

 containing thin 

 courses of chert, 

 covered by a bed 

 of sandy shales 

 A vein of dark 

 coloured slaty 

 shale, about 



Freshwater strata, 

 resting upon the 

 uppermost bed of 

 the Oolite, or 

 Red-Head, about 



ft. in. 

 15 to 

 20 



9 



3 



1 



1 



JOHN H. AUSTEN. 



