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teached at any place along this coast, and that evidence of the higher 

 zones is only to be found in the flints of the overlying gravels. 



The interesting section of Beer Head and Hooken Cliff is fully 

 described, and is illustrated by four plates which are excellent both 

 from an artistic and geologic point of view. Of these plates our 

 readers will be able to judge from the two examples which are here 

 introduced. The first (Plate XV) is a view of Beer Head itself, 

 a sheer cliff of nearly 300 feet in height, of which Dr. Eowe says, 

 "no section on this coast gives one so diagrammatic of the zonal 

 boundaries as Beer Head, for none is so complete." The second 

 (Plate XVI) shows the Hooken Cliff, behind the great Southerndown 

 landslip ; this rises to a height of 400 feet, and presents a face oP 

 beautifully weathered beds. Here, by means of a convenient talus- 

 slope, a continuous section can be examined through a large part of 

 the Middle Chalk, the Cenomanian (24 feet thick at this point), and 

 the upper half of the Selboi'nian (Upper Greensand). At this 

 locality on§ of the most interesting phenomena is the local break 

 and gradual disappearance of certain beds in the western part of 

 Hooken Cliffs. Dr. Eowe is quite correct in stating that about 

 70 feet of Chalk is missing above Mitchell's Eock, but he is 

 mistaken in thinking that the whole of the Cenomanian is also 

 absent ; I found the basal part of the Cenomanian limestone both, 

 in Martin's and in Mitchell's Eock, and particulars of the beds 

 which compose these fallen masses are given in a memoir which is 

 on the eve of publication. I also differ from Dr. Eowe in his 

 reading of the zones in the Berry Cliffs. But these are minor 

 points and do not detract from the great value of his paper. Like 

 each of the other papers, it concludes with a ' zoological ' summary 

 and with a tabulated list of fossils showing the zonal distribution of 

 «ach species. 



The careful and thorough manner in which Dr. Eowe has worked 

 the South Coast sections merits our hearty recognition, while the 

 illustrations are deserving of the highest praise. It is satisfactory 

 to know that the Chalk cliffs of Yorkshire will soon be similarly 

 described and illustrated. 



For the benefit of those who are not members of the Geologists 

 Association, it may be mentioned that each of Dr. Eowe's papers can 

 be purchased separately from Mr, E. Stanford, the price of Part I 

 being Is. 6<^., that of Parts II and III being 3s. each. 



A. J. Jukes-Browne. 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. 



II. — The Geology of the Country near Leicester (Explanation of 

 Sheet 156). By C. Fox-Strangways, F.G.S. 8vo ; pp. vi and 

 122, with 15 text illustrations. Printed for H.M. Stationery 

 Office. London : E. Stanford, Long Acre (or of Messrs. Dulau 

 & Co., 37, Soho Square, W.), 1903. Price 3s.; price of Sheet- 

 Map 156, colour-printed, Is. Qd. 



