OF ENGLAND, 



Distribution in thclsle of Wight. 



si Fissures in the tertiary and cre- 

 taceous strata; the subsoil in 

 some localities. 



| The northern parts of the Island. 

 The freshwater beds prevail 

 along the northern shore, from 

 Headon Hill to White-cliff' 

 Bay; the marine from Alum 

 Bay, along the northern flanks 

 of the chalk hills, to White- 

 cliff Bay. 



The Downs from Culver Cliff to 

 the Needles ; and from St. Ca- 

 therine's to Shanklin Down. 

 The UnderclifT and the south- 

 n [ em coast are formed by the 

 lower subdivision » of the 

 chalk ; except in the two fol- 

 lowing localities. 



Sandown Bay, between the 

 Greensand of Red-cliff and 

 Shanklin Chine. Brook Bay 

 s I and along the coast, between 

 the Greensand of Compton 

 Bay and of Atherfield Point. 



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