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Dodspit farm, about one mile and a half beyond 

 Calbourne, in the same direction. In a pit opened 

 in a field near the farm-house, at the latter place,* 

 the limestone was peculiarly rich in those species 

 of land and river shells, that are rare at Binstead. 

 The snail-shell {Helix globosus), figured PL II. 

 fig. 7, and the bulimi, pethidines, limnei, and plan- 

 orbes (PL I.), are of a large size, and very per- 

 fect. Occasionally, the shells are preserved; but, 

 for the most part, sharp casts alone remain. The 

 limestone occurs in large concretionary masses, 

 forming regular beds of moderate thickness in 

 calcareous marl ; the strata have a slight northerly 

 dip. 



From Calbourne,-]- the road inclines to the left, 

 and continues in a line nearly parallel with the 

 chalk range, through Chessel, and Afton, to the 

 foot of the downs that extend to the western ex- 

 tremity of the Island. 



Soon after leaving Carisbrook, these hills arc- 

 seen forming the distant horizon, their outline 

 appearing as three distinct eminences. That 

 on the left, is the chalk range of High-Down, 



* In the summer of 1844. 



+ Calbourne church is an interesting edifice, of early v crruan architecture. 

 There is a little inn in the village, and if the visitor's time permit, a day may 

 he well spent In examining the quarries in the localities mentioned; a rich 

 collection of the eocene freshwater fossils may with certainty be obtained. 



