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Sandown Bay, was presented to me by Mr. Fowl- 

 stone, of Ryde. I believe specimens of this kind 

 are very rare in the Island ; but on the western 

 coast of Sussex, waterworn fragments of silicified 

 monocotyledonous wood are occasionally met with. 

 Boulders and pebbles of petrified bone and 

 wood, and of shelly limestone, are common on 

 the beach in Compton and Sandown Bays ; they 

 are from the wealden beds, and will be more par- 

 ticularly noticed in a subsequent chapter. 



