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3. North-west and south-east. W. 30° N., and E. 30° S. 
4. South-west. 
5. a. South to south-west. b. South and south-east on east side of harbour; south- 
west on west side. e. South-west. 
6. Flood-tide from west up Channel. There is an eddy-tide from the east on shore 
for two or three hours during flood-tide, and an eddy-tide on shore from the 
west during ebb-tide, two or three hours. 
7. (1.) a. About 13 feet. b. From 3 to 5 feet. North-east winds reduce the height 
of the tide. 
8. Fine shingle, with here and there patches of sand at low tide. From Bridport 
Harbour to Eype, the area is subject to frequent changes, being sometimes for 
the most part sand, at others for the most part fine shingle ; this I have noticed 
during the month of August 1884. Below Hast Cliff, benches of bluish sandy 
limestone are exposed when the beach is uncovered; the top ledge would be 
about 16 feet above low-level spring-tide. Ledges or reefs of the same rock 
(indurated bands in the Inferior Oolite Sands) are generally exposed at low 
tide just to the west of Bridport Harbour. 
9. a. About 20 yards at Eype. e. South-east. d. 41 to 4 inch diameter, near Bredy 
river mouth ; occasional large blocks of stone, locally derived. 
10 and 11. Not to any appreciable extent. 
12. No. 
13. Fine shingle, removed from beach. b. Chiefly for ballast for vessels. Used 
also for ballast on new railway to Bridport Harbour, for platforms of stations, 
also for footpaths. (Sand is also procured occasionally for mortar, and pebbles 
are obtained occasionally for concrete, but only to a very limited extent.) 
e. Tract to east of River Brit belongs to General Pitt-Rivers, that to west 
belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. They are Lords of the Manors, and the 
ground is let out on lease to private individuals, who cart away the shingle, &c. 
The Harbour Commissioners have also certain rights to dig shingle. I am told 
by the Harbour-master, Mr. Martin Joseph Briggs, that 10,000 tons, which 
might be taken away in six months, would be replaced perhaps in one tide. 
He considers that no damage is done to the coast by the artificial removal of 
shingle. 
14. c. Hast cliff, about 1 foot a year; sands and calcareous sandstone (Inferior 
Oolite Sands). West cliff, about 1 to 3 feet a year; chiefly clays and marls. 
17. e. Blow over gardens and accumulate under walls at back of shingle. 
5. Weymouth. 
By BERNARD HENRY WoopWARD, 80 Petherton Road, 
Highbury New Park, London, N. 
1. Weymouth, north of town. 
2. Shingle beach, bordering Alluvium, from about 3 furlongs north-east of St. 
John’s Church, Weymouth, to the south of Jordan Hill. Oxford Clay cliffs at 
either end of shingle bank. 
3. North-east and south-west. 
4. South-west. 
5. a, b, and e. South and south-east. 
8. Chiefly shingle. Peaty alluvium exposed by mouth of stream south of Jordan 
Hill. 
9. Tendency to travel south-eastward and inland; the road that borders the shingle 
beach having been ‘ put back* 60 feet during the last thirty years. 
10. Diminishing. 
11. Not allowed to be taken away now, although formerly the shingle was carted 
away. 
12. Blocks of Portland rock are placed along shore to protect coast. Groynes were 
washed away in March 1883. 
14. Oxford Clay cliffs below Jordan Hill are subject to most waste after a long dry — 
season, when great cracks or fissures are made in the clay. Then autumnal 
rains, or winter rains and frost, act with great destructive power. 
