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Milliolite limestone of Paris, almost entirely made up of microscopical 
shells ; which was formerly procured in great abundance at a moderate 
expense from a ledge of rocks off Selsey Bill, extending some distance 
to the east and west; but the demand for this stone as a building 
material was so great, that it was deemed absolutely necessary about 
the year 1830 to prevent their removal, as the rocks formed a barrier 
in some measure to the encroachment of the sea. 
There is an extensive fishery for crabs, lobsters and prawns at 
Selsey, which are procured during the season in great abundance, and 
are considered superior to those caught in any other part of the king- 
dom. The mode of catching them is in pots made of wicker-work, 
which are baited with fish and placed amongst the rocks, running 
from two to fifteen miles in a southerly direction. Camden also 
states that in his time the best cockles were procured at Selsey. 
Bracklesham Bay, so celebrated for its fossils, is the southern 
boundary of the marshes of East Thorney, being the north-west por- 
tion of the peninsula of Selsey; and the parishes of East and West 
Wittering, extending as far as Chichester Harbour, being two-thirds 
in the Wittering parishes, and one in Selsey. 
Bracklesham, which has given its name to this Bay, is situated on 
the coast in the parish of East Wittering, but is greatly diminished 
from its original extent. There was a chapel endowed and annexed 
to the vicarage, but no remains of it are now to be found: more than 
six acres of glebe land have been absorbed by the sea since 1725. The 
view of the Isle of Wight and surrounding coast and scenery from 
Bracklesham is beautiful, which, independent of its geological interest, 
is well worth visiting. The distance from Chichester is about eight 
miles. 
During my geological researches along the coast, I have collected 
several coins and British relics which have been washed on the shore 
