CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION 



Page. 



XI 



CHAPTER I. Principles of Geology. Sketch of its history and progress. 

 Stratification and arrangement of rocks, and distribution 

 of organic remains. Effects of internal convulsions, 

 and external agents. The deluge, the sea, rivers, and 

 volcanoes . . . ',,,' 1 



CHAPTER II. Geological description of the eastern part of the county, 

 and tabular view of Yorkshire strata ; illustrated by a 

 coloured map .31 



CHAPTER III. Description of the strata of the Yorkshire coast from 

 Spurn Point to Redcar, including the heights of the 

 cliffs; illustrated by coloured sections .... 58 



CHAPTER IV. Organic remains. Their state of conservation, and mode 

 of distribution in the earth. Catalogues of the fossils of 

 each stratum, beginning with those of the chalk. Sy- 

 noptic list of the species of plants and animals discovered 

 in the strata of the eastern part of Yorkshire. Fossils 

 of the diluvium. Kirkdale cave. Illustrated by four- 

 teen plates of organic remains 



CHAPTER V. On the basaltic dyke. On the economical uses of mineral 

 products in the eastern part of Yorkshire 



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