Section of Hordlc Cliff. 



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Section I. of Hordle Cliff, a little to the west of Hordle House. — The beds 



here incline at an angle of 5°. 



Ferruginous flint gravel interstratified with sand 

 —18 feet. 



Light blue marl in the upper part running into 

 sand — 12 feet. 



Ligneous bed — 12 inches. 



Bluish marl running into shades of light grey, 

 caused by the comminuted shelly matter — 

 15 feet. 



Ligneous bed — 9 inches. 



Green marl — 3 feet G inches. 



Limestone — 4 inches. 



Lignite — 1 inch. 



Green marl — 5 feet 4 inches. 



Grey sand — portion of Dr. Wright's Crocodile 

 Bed— 4 feet. 



Fossil bed — 9 to 13 inches. 



" { Bands of tough brown clay, not continuous. 



c Coprolite bed appearing here and there, and 

 always full of organic remains. 



Sand bed, uncertain — 1 foot 8 inches. 



Light blue marl — 4 feet 6 inches. 



Grey sand — 2 feet 5 inches. 



Leaf bed, which here rises from the beach — 

 18 inches. 



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The present sea-shore. 



