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the Wealden deposits, or those which surround and 

 overlap them, whether on the north, west, or south. 

 It suffices if I have by this brief sketch so placed the 

 subject before the general reader that he may see at 

 all events how intimately the agriculture, drainage, and 

 well being of the district are based upon its geological 

 structure. 



Those persons who wish to pursue their geological 

 enquiries as respects this region must consult the 

 important Memoir of my lamented friend, the late 

 Dr. Fitton, in which they will find 'a full account of all 

 the rocks mentioned, not only as respects this tract, 

 but all the region in and around the Weald, and ex- 

 tending over the south-east of England, with accurate 

 lists of their fossils, and descriptive maps and sections.* 



Lastly, I specially recommend the reader to provide 

 himself, at small cost,f with a copy of the geological 

 map of the tract in which he may reside for, as I 

 have been the Director-General of the Geological 

 Survey during the last eleven years, so I have had the 

 truest satisfaction in seeing that the maps finished by 

 my associates have so well illustrated that very part of 

 England in which my geological researches began. 



RODERICK I. MURCHISON. 

 Jan. 3, 1867. 



* See " Trans. Geol. Soc.," Lond., 2nd ser., Vol. IV., p. 103. 

 f Stanford, Charing Cross. 



