CHAPTER V. 



FROM RYDE TO NEWPORT THE RIVER MEDINA NEWPORT TO C.W.- 



' \E AND ALUM BAY — THE COAST FROM RYDE TO ALUM BAY 



1IEADON HILL AND ALDM BAY GEOLOGY OF HEADON HILL AND ALUM 



BAY — SEQUENCE OF GEOLOGICAL CHANGES — ORGANIC REMAINS — 



YARMOUTH AND LYMINGTON ■ — CHRISTCHURCH BAY STRATA OP 



IIOKDWELL CLIFFS — HORDWELL FOSSILS. 



From Ryde, through Newport to Alum Bay. 

 —From Ryde, the journey to Alum bay may be 

 performed either by land or sea. The road passes 

 by Binstead, and through the picturesque village 

 of Wooton-bridge, to Newport, the capital of the 

 Island. In the rooms of the Newport Institution, 

 there is a miscellaneous collection of organic 

 remains; but it is much to be regretted that a 

 complete series of specimens, illustrative of the 

 geology of the Isle of Wight, is not to be met 

 with in this, or any other town, in the Island. 



Newport is situated on freshwater eocene strata, 

 which are a continuation of those of Headon Hill, 

 and lie in a nearly horizontal position ; the wells 

 in the town are sunk through these beds, to the 



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