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many additions have been made to it at dates up to a com- 

 paratively recent time. There is some good carving, several 

 fine pictures, and some of the rooms command pleasant 

 prospects towards the south. It had been very hot during 

 the morning, but a thunder-storm in the afternoon materially 

 cooled the air. After the rain the party visited Bridge Rocks, 

 which, like those at Tunbridge Wells, belong to the Hastings 

 sand-beds of the Wealden formation, and present on one side 

 a bold yet broken escarpment, while the top is covered with 

 soil. They are evidently exposed by denudation, a strong 

 current having at a former period washed away the loose soil 

 or sand, leaving the rocks as cliffs by the sea-shore. Several 

 Ferns were found growing on the rocks, but the Hymeno- 

 phyllum tuubri<l(jcnse, formerly so abundant, seems to be 

 exterminated from all parts accessible to the common visitor. 

 July 3rd. — Frensham Ponds were reached from Faruham 

 Station. Near Frensham Ponds are three conical hills called 

 the •' Devil's Jumps." They are the more remarkable as 

 standing by themselves in a direct line, and within an area 

 of half-a-mile in length. They are from 250 to 300 ft. above 

 sea-level, the westernmost being the highest, and the middle 

 one the lowest. On the top of the eastern mound is a mass 

 of rock, apparently of indurated sand of the Lower Greensand 

 formation ; but the rock is much twisted in its formation, and 

 has a tendency to form into pipes of greater or less length 

 and magnitude. In the immediate neighbourhood of the 

 middle mound these pipes are more distinctly formed, and are 

 fairly abundant. They are filled with sand, and are formed 

 in rings held slightly together at the edges, being in fact a 

 number of short pipes joined together to make up the total 

 length. The soil is greatly impregnated with iron, and the 

 water of the wells suffers in consequence. In this district is 

 the greatest extent of the Lower Greensand, forming a belt 

 several miles in extent. It is the source to a large extent of 

 the head-waters of the River Wey, which cuts through the 

 North Downs at Guildford, and falls into the Thames at 

 Weybridge. Scotch Fir grows on the heaths, and is largely 

 self-sown. Several interesting plants were found on the 



