CONTENTS. Xlll 



Chapter VIII. — From Compton Bay to Atherfield Point, 219. Atherfiehl 

 cliffs, 221. Greensand series, 223. Neocomian, or Atherfield strata, 227. 

 Greensand fossils, 229. The cliffs at Blackgang Chine, 233. IheUnder- 

 cliff, 237. Geological structure of the Undercliff, 240. Fossils of the 

 Firestone strata, 242. Fossil fuci, 247. Southern range of Chalk Downs, 

 249. Coast of the Undercliff, 251. The coast from Ventnor to Sandown 

 Bay, 257. 



Chapter IX.— The Wealden formation, 262. Nature of river deposits, 264. 

 Wealden strata of the Isle of Wight, 269. Excursion to Brook Bay, 271. 

 Cliffs from Compton Chine to Brook Point, 272. Brook Point, 277. 

 Petrified trees, 279. Structure of the fossil wood, 282. 



Chapter X.— Organic remains of the Wealden, 286. Fossil vegetables, 

 286. Endogenites erosa, 288 Fossil cycadeous plants, 290. Clathraria 

 Lyellii, 292. Fossil shells, 299. Sussex and Petworth marble, 299. 

 Fossil freshwater bivalves, 302. Unio Valdensis, 302. Fossil cyprides, 

 305. Fossil fishes, 307. 



Chapter XI. — Fossil bones of reptiles, 309. The Iguanodon, 312. The 

 Hylaeosaurus, 322. Megalosaurus, 323. Cetiosaurus, 324. Streptospon- 

 dylus, 325. Plesiosaurus, 325. Fossil turtles, 326. Imprints on sand- 

 stone, 326. Ancient ripple-marks, 328. Summary of the Wealden 

 formation, 331. The Country of the Iguanodon, 332. Voyage round the 

 Isle of Wight, 335. 



Chapter XII. — Voyage from Yarmouth to Swanage, 345. Swanage Bay, 

 348. The Purbeck strata, 353. Fossils of the Purbeck strata, 354. The 

 Portland oolite, 359. Geographical distribution of the strata, 361. 

 Southern coast of Purbeck, 362. Kimmeridge coal, 367. South-west 

 coast, 368. Worbarrow Bay, 375. Lulworth Cove, 376. Fossil trees, 

 383. Durdle Cove, 385. Chaldon Downs, 389. Ringstead Bay, 390 

 Pseudo-volcano, 392. The Isle of Portland, 393. The petrified forest, 

 395. Organic remains, 400. Retrospect, 403. The Oolitic epoch, 404. 

 The Wealden epoch, 405. The Cretaceous epoch, 406. The Tertiary 

 epoch, 407. The Pre-historic epoch, 408. Corollary, 409. 



List op Works relating to the " Geology of the Isle of Wight, and the Coasts 

 of Hampshire and Dorsetshire," 415. 



Index of Places, 419. 



General Index, 421. 



Geological Map of the Isle of Wight, opposite p. 430. 



