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pit,” and is of the lower chalk formation, or that without flints. This is also 
a valuable pit to the Palzontologist. Those rare fossils called Sphzerulites are 
here discovered ; bones of turtles and fishes in very good preservation, parti- 
cularly Beryx ornatus and Macropoma Mantellic ; echinoderms and crustaceans, 
especially the Astacus Leachii. The nodules of sulphuret of iron here often con- 
tain a Terebratula or other small shell in the centre, which elsewhere is rare. 
There are two or three more pits near the Windmill on the road to Amberley 
Mount, which are well worth examining ; the Beryx radians, palatal teeth and 
very large vertebre of fishes, and rare star-fishes, have been found in them. 
From the Chalk-quarries at Steyning I have obtained Saurian vertebre, 
remains of fishes, Belemnites, and Echinoderms, including Ophiura and other 
star-fishes. 
Washington-pit is of the lower chalk formation, and from it I have procured 
specimens for the last forty years ; some of my best shells, star-fishes, crusta- 
ceans, and remains of fishes, have been found in it. 
