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GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 



Thickness, 



labiatum, Nematura parvula, 

 Planorbis, and Cerithium pseudo- 

 cinctum - - - - 



Blue clay with Cytherea incrassata 

 [Venus Bed ?] - 



Blue sandy clay with Cytherea in- 

 crassata . _ - 



Very shelly greenish clay %vilh 

 Cytherea . . - 



Blue and brown clay with Cytherea 



Greenish clay full of Cytherea 



Brown sandy clay 



Brown very sandy clay 



Hard blue clay , - - 



More sandy brown clay - 



Hard earthy limestone 



Fine micaceous sandy loam 



Micaceous loam and lignite 



Brown sandy loam 



Feet. 



15 



1 



2i 



2J 



3 



6 



3 



7 



4J 



7 



3 



Depth. 

 Feet. 



405 



410 



411 



412 



414i 



417 



420 



426 



429 



436 



440J 



447i 



450J 



At the time oi going to press this well was still unfinished. 



Parkhurst Upper Prison. 

 Communicated by Mr. Lock. 



Clay, &c. - - - 



Limestone [Bembridge Limestone] 



Parkhurst Prison Farm. 

 Communicated by Mr. Lock. 



To rock ------ 



Feet. 

 about 200 



Parkhurst Lower Prison. 

 Communicated by Mr. Lock. 



Clay with thin rocks - - - - 



Freestone. 

 At the Prison this well is said to be 250 feet deep, 

 deepened afterwards. 



Feet. 

 - 239 



It was probably 



Parkhurst Barracks. 



Feet. 

 Clay, to rock - - - - - . . 236 



Water rises to 56 feet below surface, but after pumping sinks much and 

 continuously. Pumping aflPects the wells at the Cement Works and Prison, as 

 also at High Street, Newport [?]. Now (Aug. 29th, 1887; water stands at 

 70 feet from the surface. 



