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same size as L. B. Cards and Guides. I have zot put this in 
practice—it is a mere suggestion. 
The Colour Code can be amalgamated with a running No., 
or with the Dewey system under each colour or guide-card, 
and the figures stamped, written, or printed upon the guide 
projections or upon the top right-hand corner of the ordinary 
L. B. Cards. 
VIIIL—NOTES ON THE BOURNEMOUTH CLIFFS. 
By Dr T. B. SPRAGUE. 
(Read April 26, 1899.) 
Last autumn I spent six weeks for the benefit of my health at 
Bournemouth, which is a well known watering-place on the 
south coast of England, nearly opposite the Isle of Wight. 
The town itself stands in a valley, which has been excavated 
by the small stream called the Bourne. Proceeding away 
from this, the ground gradually becomes higher on each side 
until, as far as I can make out from the ordnance map, it is 
rather more than one hundred feet above the sea-level. The 
sea has, as usual, worn away the land and formed cliffs of 
about one hundred feet in height. These present some peculi- 
arities which I do not remember to have seen elsewhere; and 
they are so different from what we are accustomed to in Scot- 
land, that I think the members of the Society will be glad to 
have a short account of them. 
The sea does not now reach the foot of the cliffs, except 
perhaps in very high tides. The first impression that the 
cliffs leave on the mind is that they are perpendicular, or even 
overhanging, so that it seemed as if it would be easy to 
measure their height by letting down a string with a weight 
attached. On examination, however, it was found that the 
appearance was deceptive: it is true that certain parts are 
very perpendicular, but these parts never extend the whole 
height of the cliff, and there is always a considerable talus 
at the base. The cliffs are composed partly of sand, partly of 
