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curs in rolled fragments in the bed of the Eske, 

 near Rosslyn Castle : it consists of numerous 

 differently coloured particles, some resembling 

 red jasper, very compactly aggregated without 

 any intermediate substance." 



This last may either be a spotted jasper, or a 

 jasper bricia. 



Accompanies The coarse pudding-stone accompanies at in* 

 tervals the vast chalk stratum of England, whose 

 undulating outline, from S. W. to N. E. may be 

 computed to about 600 miles. This coarse pud- 

 ding-stone consists of common flint pebbles, 

 sometimes united by an argillaceous cement, 

 sometimes by a ferruginous, at others by an 

 arenaceous rendered coherent by oxyd of iron. 

 The red gravel which affords such an elegant 

 contrast with verdure, and is well known for its 

 binding or coherent quality, approaches nearly 

 to the latter kind ; and masses of such pudding- 

 stone are frequent in gravel-pits, even in the 

 neighbourhood of London. A large mass may 

 be seen in the lane, which ascends from Kentish 

 Town to Kenwood, to use the orthography of 

 Lord Mansfield, derived from its ken, or wide 

 prospect. 



But the precious kind, which has acquired 

 such celebrity all over Europe, for its beauty, 



