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tin cases of the collectors. A halt was made a little dis- 

 tance along the road, the party got together, and Mr. 

 Dowker pointed out the false bedding of the sandstone. 

 He explained the cause of the falling of the undercliff and 

 the urgent necessity there was for the course now being 

 taken by Lord Radnor of draining the accumulations of 

 water from under the cliff which threatened to bring it 

 down in time and the houses with it. By draining away 

 the water the danger was removed. Under their feet were 

 the Sandgate beds. Where the earth had slipped away 

 a quantity of pyrites were to be found. At a little dis- 

 tance from the toll gate on the Sandgateside the cliff juts out 

 to a bold and rugged point, and at this spot Mr. Dow- 

 ker pointed out the junction of the Folkestone 

 and Hythe beds. The Folkestone beds contained a forma- 

 tion called Chert, a specimen of which he exhibited. It 

 was a kind of flint always found in rocks containing car- 

 bonate of lime, which was not to be found in the lower 

 beds. A move was then made through Sandgate on to Sea- 

 brook, and the walk being too far for the ladies, they were 

 left behind under a proper escort. At Seabrook Mr. Dowker 

 gave a brief general description of the geology of the 

 neighbourhood, and spoke of the remarkable changes going 

 on in Hythe Bay and at Dungeness by the rapid accumla- 

 tion of beach, which shut the sea out from Romney Marsh. 

 By this time the sky had become overcast, and a few drops 

 of rain which fell warned members, and especially those who 

 had experience of the drenching they got last year, that it 

 was time to return, and a rapid move towards Folkestone was 

 made, a few more accustomed to "heavy wet" than the others, 

 going by way of the military road over Shorncliffe Camp, 

 to Folkestone. 



Whilst many of the members followed Mr. Dowker in his 

 interesting walk, otliers of the party paid attention to 

 the entomology of the district— nets, boxes, cans, every- 

 thing being in readiness to secure captures, which unfortunately 



