148 GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS NEAR DUNSTER. 
of the earth’s crust, which the rocks in this distriet afford. 
I have not attempted to do more than state them in their 
simplest form. This will suffice for those who have al- 
ready paid attention to the subject, and, I trust, serve to 
induce others to study this most delightful and interesting 
department of physical science, and thus, likewise, to pro- 
mote one of the objects of our Society—the cultivation 
and advancement of the Natural History of the county of 
Somerset. 
This paper was very fully illustrated with enlarged copies of drawings 
and sections of the coast made by the late Mr. W. Baker, of Bridgwater. 
For some of these, as well as for large maps of the distriet geologically 
coloured, the Society is indebted ta Mr. J. D. Pring, of Taunton. 
