LYMINGTON. 163 



coast of Hampshire, which have long been cele- 

 brated for their organic remains. 



The town of Lymington is situated on the 

 western bank of the river of the same name, about 

 four miles from Yarmouth, across the Solent Sea; 

 to this place there are steam-packets from the 

 Island, several times in the day. The town is 

 spread over a low hill of tertiary strata. Near 

 the brick-kilns on the eastern bank of the river, 

 not far from the toll-gate, a deep excavation has 

 been made in beds of sand and clay, containing 

 fossils.* An alluvial layer of gravel, ten feet 

 deep, lies upon laminated blue and greenish clays, 

 with interspersions of lignite, four feet in thick- 

 ness. The next stratum is fine white sand, like 

 that of Headon Hill, and Hordwell Cliff, six feet ; 

 and beneath is blue (London ?) clay, to an uncer- 

 tain depth. In this clay I found several vertebras 

 and dermal bones of a crocodile, (Crocodilus Spen- 

 ceri,-\) and a few fragments of bones of turtles. 

 I observed no vestiges of shells ; but learnt from 

 the workmen that several kinds were occasionally 

 found, and also many bones, but none had been 

 preserved. \ 



* This section was open in 1845. 



t A well-known species of the London clay, at Sheppey. 

 X This brief notice is inserted to direct attention to a locality, hitherto, I 

 believe, unexplored. I recommended the workmen to save every shell, bone, 



