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geshall, and \^'itham tOAvards its south-eastern border), the 

 following remarks occur (p. 65) : — 



" The Valley loams and gravels are not extensive, "and'it'^is probable that 

 some of the deposits that are really more recent have been included in the 

 mapping with the Glacial gravels, which occupy most of the valleys, and from 

 which they cannot readily be separated." 



These preliminary remarks will render those which follow 

 more intelligible. The sections shown us by Mr. Kenworth)' 



Fig. 18. Portion of 6 inch Ordnance Map of the district around Braintree. 



were (with one slight exception) all south of the railway, west of 

 the road from Hoppit Bridge lo Buckwood Farm, north of that 

 from Buckwood Farm eastward to the river Brain, and west of 

 the Brain northward to Braintree Mill. On leaving Braintree 

 Railway Station, we crossed the railway a few yards east 

 of it, and looked at the "Old Gravel Pits," shown on the 

 Ordnance Map (Fig. 18), a few yards south-east of the 

 station, and between the railway and the mill stream. The 

 contour of the ground around these pits to some extent sug- 

 gested the view that they were in old river gravel, rather than 



