172 GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 



It was from Barton Cliff that Brander's fossils* 

 were obtained. Sowerby's "Mineral Conchology" 

 contains figures of numerous species and genera.f 



The freshwater shells, and the remains of plants 

 and land animals, are to be looked for in Hordwell 

 Cliff, and in the fallen masses lying on the 

 strand. J 



In conclusion, it may be remarked that shells 

 of those beautiful chambered cephalopoda, the 

 nautili, are seldom, if ever, observed in the eocene 

 strata of these cliffs, or in those of the Island; 

 though the nautilus imperialis is not uncommon in 

 the septaria on the western coast of Sussex, and 

 in the London clay at Sheppey. 



* Fossilia Hantoniensia. 



+ A collection of Hordwell fossils, consisting of teeth of several species 

 of sharks and rays, hones of turtles, and a great variety of shells, may be 

 purchased at a reasonahle price of Jane Webber, dealer in fossils, Barton 

 Cliff, near Christchurch. 



% The highly interesting specimens which have rewarded the recent inves- 

 tigations of Mr. Searlcs Wood, will douhtless induce many a collector to visit 

 the spot. The lower jaw of the Alligator Bantoniensis, a coloured plate of 

 which embellishes the first numher of the new "London GeologicalJournal,'' 

 is one of themost splendid British fossils hitherto discovered. Plate 2 of the 

 same work contains figures of some of the mammalian remains discovered 

 at Hordwell by Mr. S. Wood. 



