38 Mr. Rose’s Sketch of the Geology of West Norfolk. 
trees is seen. Mr. S. Woodward notices the above forest 
under the head of ** Lacustrine formations,” and says, ‘ ‘The 
ligneous deposit on Brancaster beach comes under this head, 
and deserves our particular notice. In_this locality, trunks 
of trees are found abundantly imbedded in the mud; and at 
low water, the proprietors of the land thereabouts remove 
them by means of a team of horses, and convert them into 
posts and fences, or use them for similar purposes; the wood 
being quite sound, and not in the least impregnated by 
the soil in which they have been imbedded. With these are 
found the horns and bones of the deer and ox, in excellent 
preservation* .” 
Mr. R. C. Taylor, speaking of the subterranean forest, says, 
** Doubtless this must be the southern extremity of that sub- 
marine forest which has long engaged the notice of geologists, 
on the north-west part of Norfolk, whence it is traced across 
the Wash and the fens of Cambridgeshire to Peterborough, 
and all along the Lincolnshire coast, as far as the Humber. 
There is no important variation in the general level of this 
woody tract. As relates to the Norfolk portion, it appears so 
closely in connexion with the crag formation, as almost to 
form a part of it: the shells of the one being occasionally 
mixed with the vegetable matter of the other ; and are further 
accompanied by bones of stags, elephants, and oxen +.” Mr. 
Taylor writes thus of its situation near Cromer: “ It is not 
possible to say how far inland this subterranean forest ex- 
tends, but that it is not a mere external belt is obvious from 
the constant exposure and removal of new portions, at the 
base of the cliffs ;” and again, “ near Cromer, the trees are a 
few feet above the crag stratum, and are about the level of 
high water.” He also believes it to have been antediluvian, 
as we learn from the following reference to Dr. Alderson’s 
** Geological Observations on the Vicinity of Hull and Be- 
verly ¢.” ‘Dr. Alderson in describing the geological charac- 
ters of that district (Holderness), many years ago, was of opi- 
nion that the diluvial hills were heaped upon the submarine 
forest. Nothing has arisen to discourage that idea; but it 
derives confirmation from the parallel case which is presented 
by the cliffs of Norfolk §.” 
Professor Lyell (evidently in reference to Mr. Taylor’s 
observations) expresses himself thus: ‘* After examining in 
1829, the so-called submarine forest of Happisborough in 
* Outline of the Geology of Norfolk, p. 13. 
+ Phil. Mag. and Annals, N.S., vol. i. p. 289. 
t Nicholson’s Philosophical Journal, 4to, vol. iii. 
6 Phil. Mag. and Annals, N.S., vol,.i. p. 289. 
