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constant occupation. On the strip of common front- 

 ing the hotel there were three of about a quarter to 

 half a ton in weight, one being of fine white granite, 

 and the other two of sandstone ; while within the dis- 

 tance of a mile thirty boulders were counted of 

 granite, sandstone, diorite, &c. The circuit of the 

 island was made in a pony carriage, which was gen- 

 erally laden with chips hammered off from the trans- 

 ported blocks, and carried away for examination. 

 Fragments of Portland fossil wood were reported to 

 him, and as a matter of course the thin spread of 

 gravel on the south shore was traced and inspected : 

 a saltern then in use was an easy walk from the 

 hotel. The whole place felt so remote and out of 

 the world, yet there was the constant sight of sail 

 off Spithead. The apple - trees, so plentiful in the 

 island, had burst out in blossom in the continued 

 sunshine, and in the memory of the survivor Hay- 

 ling Island will ever be associated with a daily search 

 for boulders amid clouds of apple-blossom. 



On the first stage of the way back to Oxford the 

 drive from Havant to Fareham over Portsdown Hill, 

 keeping close to the fortifications, was magnificent. 

 Putting up at the "Red Lion" at Fareham, Hill 

 Head and Stubbington Cliff were explored, where at 

 both places the Professor lost no time in collecting 

 old rock pebbles and subangular fragments of quartz, 

 granite, &c. Another expedition was made to the 

 fort on the top of Wallington Hill to inspect the 

 capping of fine subangular gravel, three to four feet 

 thick. 



The Saturday excursions for his students in the 

 summer term out from Oxford were always popular, 

 and by no means restricted to his class. There was 



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