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GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, 



eminent geologists,* and the 

 mineralogica! character, organic 

 remains, and order of succession 

 of the strata, have been accu- 

 rately determined. f But a few 

 months since an elaborate and 

 important memoir, with ample 

 illustrations, and details, was laid 

 before the Geological Society by 

 Mr. Prestwich. % In the present 

 work a concise view of the most 

 interesting facts is alone admis- 

 sible, and which the annexed 

 diagram (lign. 8), from a section 

 exhibited by Mr. Prestwich, will 

 serve to render intelligible. 



The eocene strata in White- 

 cliff Bay appear in the same 

 order of superposition as at 

 Alum Bay, as we shall point 

 out when we visit that locality ; 

 but the cliffs before us are less 



* In 1S22 Mr. Lyell made an accurate examina- 

 tion of this cliff, and favoured me with a series of 

 specimens and a detailed section of the strata. 



+ See list of publications relating to the Geology 

 of the Isle of Wight, in the Appendix. 



i since published in the "Quarterlj Journal 

 of the Geological Society," August, 



