412 report— 1878. 



Railway boring, Earith Wash : — 



Ft. in. 



Clay, yellow 2 6 



Peat, Mack 3 6 



Clay, yellow and mottled 4 



Sand, gravel, and loam 5 



Oxford clay 3 



18 

 S. B. J. Skertchley. 



Near Gas Works, Whittlesey : — 



Ft. in. 



Gravel and sand 10 



Oxford clay (seen) 5 . 



' 15 

 Downham Market, Bermet's brickyard : — 



Ft. in. 



Soil, sandy 2 



Ferruginous sandy bed 10 



Siliceous sand and fine gravel 1 8 



Kimmeridge J dark blue clay 30 



clay \ stone floor (septaria) 1 8 



Dark blue clay — 



°6 2 

 C. E. De Ranee. Mr. C. B. Rose. 

 Lynn, Mr. T. Allen's well : — 



Ft in. 



8 Vegetable soil — 



7 Loam (silt) 7 



6 Peat 2 6 



5 Blue clay 8 



4 Peat, with alder and hazel 3 



3 Blue clay, with marine silt 30 



2 Blue clay, with " chalk stones " 630 



1 " Oxford clay," with septaria — 



Note. — The greater part of 1 and 2 are probably Kimmeridge Clay, 

 the upper part of 2 being referable to the Boulder Clay. 



Stickney. Geological Survey : — 



Ft. in. 



Clayey silt 4 



Peat, with trees 6 



White silicious sand 2 



Dark gravel, mixed with clay 6 



(Dark blue clay 32 



Large septaria 2 



Dark blue clay — 



46 6 

 Horbling Fen Farm : — 



Ft. in. 



Peaty soil 1 6 



Clay, blue laminated (Oxford clay) 59 



Rock bed, septaria course ( do. ) 1 3 



61 9 



