565 



8. Western Division. 



The western division has the Basingstoke Canal, commencing from 

 its junction with the Wey Canal, for its northern boundary. Whilst 

 the border of Hampshire to Faruham constitutes its western, the 

 southern is defined by a road running at the foot of the Hog's-bact, 

 on the south side, from Faruham through Seale and Puttenham to St. 

 Catherine's Ferry ; and the eastern, by the river Wey to the junction 

 with the Basingstoke Canal. The area of this division is about sixty- 

 five square miles. 



This division is principally occupied by the London clay, the north- 

 ern portion being covered with the Bagshot sand, which is a continua- 

 tion from the north-western division. The greatest elevation does not 

 exceed 500 feet, as at Tuckbury Hill and Bacon-hill Camp, north of 

 Farnham. Beds of peat exist in the parishes of Ash, Worplesdon, and 

 Pirbright. At the latter place the peat-moss is from twelve to four- 

 teen feet deep. There is a narrow ridge of chalk nmning almost the 

 whole length of the southern boundary, called the Hog's-back, which 

 scarcely exceeds half a mile in breadth, and commands a most ex- 

 tensive prospect ; at the foot, on the south side of this remarkable 

 ridge, there is a narrow stratum of firestone, which forms a slight pro- 

 jection, and the gait a corresponding depression, along its whole 

 length, varying in breadth from a few hundred yards to a quarter of a 

 mile. 



The whole division is drained by the various tributaries to the Wey, 

 which forms the principal boundary to the eastward. 



9. South-western Division. 



The south-western division is bounded on the north, commencing 

 from St. Catherine's Hill, by a road thence in the direction of 

 Losely, at the foot, on the south side of the Hog's-back, through Put- 

 tenham and Seale to Farnham ; the western, by the county of Hamp- 

 shire ; the southern, by the county of Sussex to the Wey and Arun 

 Canal, the latter forming the eastern boundary, to the ferry at St. Ca- 

 therine's. The area is about one hundred and thirteen square miles. 



With the exception of the wealden clay, which occupies the south- 

 eastern part, the principal stratum in this division forms a conside- 

 rable portion of one of the most extensive surfaces of the greensand 

 in England ; and its general thickness may be estimated at 350 to 

 400 feet. The extensive heaths which prevail in this division are 

 wild and barren in their aspect, and destitute of wood. On the south 



