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Greensand, of the Chalk formation at Shanklin, 

 and along the Undercliff. 



If the direct road from Ryde to the western 

 extremity of the Island is taken, we pass by 

 several quarries at Binstead, on the road-side ; and 

 traverse the interior of the Island, by that pic- 

 turesque spot, Wooton Bridge, to Newport, and 

 from thence to Alum Bay. Grove's hotel, on the 

 summit of the hill, is an excellent resting-place for 

 the visitor desirous of examining the highly inter- 

 esting tertiary strata at Headon Hill, and Alum 

 Bay. From Cowes, by Newport, the same route 

 may be taken. 



By the steamers we may proceed to Yar- 

 mouth,* which is the best locality for surveying 

 the western parts of the Island. The tertiary strata 

 at Colwell Bay, Headon Hill, and Alum Bay, are 

 within a moderate distance ; and magnificent 

 sections of the Chalk are displayed from the 

 Needles, along Scratchell's Bay to Freshwater 

 Gate (see PI. X.). From the latter place ex- 

 cursions may be made either over Afton and 

 Shalcomb Downs, (see PI. XI. and XII.), or 

 under the Cliff by Compton Bay, to Brook Point, 



* Mr. Butler, of the Bugle Inn, Yarmouth, an intelligent pracitcal 

 Ornithologist, will afi'ord the stranger the requisite information as to the most 

 interesting localities, and the best means of visiting them. He has often 

 accompanied me in my geological rambles. 



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