94 DESCRIPTION OF THE COAST. 



convey an accurate idea of the succession of strata above the lias, and 

 beneath the cap sandstone, the following details, at points marked in the 

 section, will be found sufficient. 



At the point where a road leads down the cliff from Hawsker 

 bottoms, we find the lias shale covered by fifty feet of sandstone, coal, 

 shale, and dogger, arranged in the following order : 



Strong slaty gritstone. Shale. Strong slaty gritstone. Shale. Slaty sandstone. 

 Coal seam. Shale and gritstone, with marks of coal. Alternations of sandstone and 

 shale. Irony bed or dogger. Upper shale, 100 feet. 



At a point nearer High Whitby, the series of sandstones and shales 

 is much more complicated ; the following account was very carefully 

 written on the spot. 



ft. in. 



Loose blocks, sandstone, ironstone, shale, &c. ... 20 



Coal ... ... ... ... ... 8 



Grit, with vertical carbonaceous marks (coal pipes) ... 40 



Irregular sandstone ... ... ... ... 5 Q 



Shale and ironstone ... ... ... ... 12 



Sandstone ... ... ... ... ... 3 



Alternating shale and white sandstone bands ... 9 



Sandstone ... ... ... ... ... 6 



Shale and thin sandstones ... ... ... 80 



Sandstone, slaty ... ... ... ... 2 6 



Coal and irony knots with shale ... ... ... 10 



White sandstone ... ... ... ... 2 



Shale ... ... ... ... ... 6 



Wedge-shaped grit rocks, from 20 to 30 feet. 



White sandstone and coal, with vertical pipe marks, 



from 5 to 20 feet. 



Shale ... ... ... ... ... 4 



White sandstone ... ... ... ... 2 



Shale ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Layers of sandstone ... ... ... ... 3 



Shale ... ... 12 



