PREFACE. IX 



in the Museum of the Scientific Institution of the 

 capital of the Island — Newport. 



Conceiving that this indifference and neglect 

 may, in a great measure, be attributable to the want 

 of a popular guide to the geological phenomena of 

 the Island, for the well informed, but unscientific 

 visitors, I have attempted to supply the deficiency 

 in the present volume ; which is designed to afford 

 a familiar explanation of the physical structure 

 of the Isle of Wight, and of the adjacent coast 

 of Dorsetshire, and of the organic remains which 

 abound in many of the localities that will come 

 under our notice, in the course of these Ex- 

 cursions. 



For the convenience of the geologist, and of 

 others who may be desirous of investigating the 

 stratification of the Island in detail, a list is 

 subjoined of the principal works and memoirs 

 hitherto published on the subject, and of which 

 a general review is comprised in the following 

 pages. 



19, Chester Square, Pimmco. 

 January, 1847. 



