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forts were collected by Mr. Brander, of Chrift- 

 church, and prefented to the Britifh mufeum. 

 He publifhed alfo in 1766, defcriptions, and 

 very neat engravings of them, under the title 

 of FoJJilia Hantanienjia. Thefe fhells are 

 found about fourteen or fifteen feet below 

 the furface. The ftratum above them is 

 fand and gravel. The foil, in which they 

 are found, is a bluirti clay ; and runs down 

 from the gravelly ftratum, to a level with the 

 fea ; and probably much deeper. In every 

 part of this cliff thefe fhells are found; but 

 chiefly about the village of Hordle. It is 

 difficult to get them, as the collector muft 

 clamber up the fides of the precipice, and 

 then extricate them from the clay, which 

 is very ftiff. Their texture too is very brit- 

 tle, and will hardly bear cleanfmg. What is 

 remarkable, few of thefe fhells belong to this 

 coaft, or indeed to any European cpaft; fome 

 of them are faid to be tropical ; and many 

 of them as far as is known, are found no 

 where but on this cliff, Jt is remarkable 

 alfo, that this ftratum of fhells runs in a 

 northerly direction quite through New-foreft. 

 Wherever the earth is opened to any depth, 

 in digging marie, or on other occafions, (hell? 



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