'INK sllCKSSloN or I )K I 'OS I IS. or, 



this Ifiiiifc, ainl nrc iisiiallv iiifirly I'lauiiiuiits t'loin lt'(ln;t.s 

 III' l(»('al saiKlsluiic. r>uii('s (if lai^c wliali'S uccasioiiallv 

 ncnir nil 1 his icrracc. 



l'i(i<Tciliii'4 iiilainl, \\r fiinl ii sccuiid tciracc ahmit 

 ihiily IVt't aluiNn the sea, and coiisisiiii^' »t|' sand, icsiin^ 

 oil hiird liiiiildcr-clay m- till. This last, at, iHirt'it'iiL iilaccs 

 al(in,n' the (Miast, is st'i'ii Ld vary in ([iialily, liriiiL!; sniiu'- 

 liiiu's iiaid and Idadud with htnildius, in oLhcr cases a clay 

 with iiiaiiiu'. shells, and a^aiii a clay with t'cw lidulders 

 e.\ci'|il al its juiiclimi with ihe sand ahnve. ( )ii the inner 

 side III' this terrace, where it adjnins the lucky ledti;es 

 inland, llu'ic is dl'teii a raised li(iiilder-heacli like thai (ni 

 the i»rescnt slnire, hut with fewer ami smaller hdiilders, as 

 if the tl'iins|)(trt ilii;' imwer had heeii less than at, incseiit, 

 and ]i(issihly the time (if its actidii mure liiniled. IhiL 

 still hiii'lier, im rdcky ledges and ,t;ravel terraces, rising' Id 

 ihe lieiu,hL nf lifty to sixty feel, llua'e are laryc Laiiientian 

 Ixiiilders, dfieii fdrniiiiii,' inland honlder-heaches like that 

 of the shore, and such inland heaches ai'e found iqi to at 

 least 4U() feet. 'J'here are also a few njipcr Silurian 

 hoiildi'rs from the south, which liccome nidie numerous 

 and laru'cr further inland. In sdine places these Silurian 

 limestdiie houlilevs are sulliciently numerous to atl'ord iJie 

 material lor the ^^niijily df linu^-kilns pidx idinu' hir local 

 reijuiremenls. In some Idealities ihey Wdiild seem to he 

 the deiiosils of glaciers descendiiiLi,' from the hills to tin.' 

 south, hut in others they would a|i]H'ar to ha\e Ijeen 

 water-hoiiu'. 



Tlu! exjiosed ridges uf rock on tin) second terrace and 

 on th(( heach are sometimes polished with ice action, and 

 show the normal X.K. and S.W. striation. I had no 

 opportunity to ohserxe the coiiditidii of the rock-surface 

 under the houkler-clay. On the greater part of the 

 a 



