308 Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne on the 



Mr. Searles Wood, Jun., examined the cliffs ; and conse- 

 quently it is not indicated in the coast-section which he pub- 

 lished in 1865. 



Of the two masses which still remain, the more southerly, 

 or that which was the centremost, does not call for any 

 lengthy description ; it does not stand out so prominently from 

 the cliff-line, and consequently there are not the same facili- 

 ties for studying its mode of occurrence. Sir Charles Lyell 

 thus describes it* : — " The second or middle protuberance is 

 near that last described, its front along the shore, measured in 

 1839, 65 yards. Its height was between 15 and 20 feet." 

 Since that time its length and height have certainly diminished; 

 but it does not seem to have undergone so much alteration as 

 the other two. 



Greater interest has always attached to the most northerly 

 mass ; and it has frequently been visited and described. Mr. 

 Taylor's description has already been quoted ; and Sir Charles 

 Lyell thus writes of it in 1840f: — "The third and most 

 considerable mass extends along the beach for a distance of 

 106 yards ; and its position deserves particular notice, for it 

 forms, like the southernmost mass, a projecting promontory 

 about 30 yards beyond the general line of cliff." Views from 

 the side and front accompany the further description of this 

 mass. 



The following notes were taken in September 1875 ; and 

 the sketch was made on the spot at the same time. 



The mass of chalk is about 35 yards long and about 30 feet 

 high J, ending on each side with a nearly perpendicular face; 

 the talus of the foundering cliff above is partly banked against 

 the sides ; but there is no evidence of any faulting, and it is 

 clear that much chalk has been carried away from both ends ; 

 the front face stands out 8 or 9 yards from the base of this 

 talus. 



Viewed from the southern side the upper surface of the 

 mass is seen to slope slightly and irregularly inward towards 

 the cliff ; it is surmounted by a thin bed of sand, which is 

 succeeded immediately by a brown sandy boulder-clay with- 

 out the intervention of any beds resembling the laminated 

 series. 



The chalk contains bands of flints at distances of from 2 to 

 3 feet apart ; some of these are hard, black, and compact ; but 



* Phil. Mag. vol. xvi. p. 356. 



t Phil. Mag. vol. xvi. p. 356. See also Geol. Mag. vol. iii. p. 516, and 

 vol. v. p. 544, and Lyell 's ' Principles of Geology.' 



X Mr. C. Reid, of the Geological Survey, has since informed rne that 

 his measurement gives 38 feet as its height from the present heach. 



