16 B. B. Woochcard — Drift, etc., Newquay, Cornwalh 



At the point F, then, helped by the return section shown between 

 r and G, we find : — 



ft. in. 



1. Very sandy toij layer with land shells, resting on a thin seam of 



broken slates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



2. Darker sand (F peaty) with land shells ... ... ... ... 2 9 



3. Seam of land shells with some .3/y<i7«s ... ... ... ... 3 



4. Lighter sand with fewer shells ... ... ... .. ... 1 6 



5. Mytilus layer overlying a seam with land shells passing down 



into 6 6 



6. Sand with few shells, the basal portion being the Helix 



nemoralis zone ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 



This last is obscured at the point F by talus. Projecting from the talus 

 in several places for the first few yards southward of F is a sort of ledge 

 (y, Fig. 1), which at a distance looks as if it were the top of the ' head.' 

 Close inspection, however, shows that this layer consists of tabular 

 masses of the indui'ated sands placed side by side and resting on the 

 true Helix nemoralis zone, which is here of a reddish ochreous colour. 

 Specimens of Helix nemoralis and Pomatias elegans were found beneath 

 these sandstone masses, which are thus separated by the thickness of 

 the Helix nemoralis zone and the whole of the ' head ' from the pai'ent 

 rock. In view of the presence of other indications close by, and 

 presently to be mentionecl, of the existence of man on the spot at this 

 period, one is constrained to believe that these tabular masses were 

 carried up by man and arranged to form a sort of platform as flooring 

 for a hut or some other pui-pose. A boulder about the size of a man's 

 head also lay there and appeared to have been similarly carried up 

 from the beach. 



A few yards from F another slip obscures the section, and passing it 

 it is seen that the lower Mytilus band has split into two, and so 

 continues till at a point about midway in the length of the section the 

 following reading was taken : — 



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1. Top soU and sand with land shells 



2. Seam of numerous land shells and J/y^i/w* 



3. Sand with laud shells 



4. Thick seam of J/f/^i/^s shells 



5. Sand with land shells 



6. Seam of ^lf«/^(/«« with few land shells 



7. Sand with land shells, depth not seen. 



A few feet to the south, while the surface trends downward, the 

 Mytilus bands rise in the dune, and the uppermost one dies out near 

 the top, while the second and third nearly reach to it, re-unite, and 

 then dip down again as they pass to the south. At this point the 

 section is again obscured by grass-covered talus, and directly past this 

 there is a most interesting section : — 



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1. Sand with land shells 5 



2. J/yi!t?Ks seam with P«i'c/Zrt and land shells 3 



3. Seam of sand with few shells ... ... ... ... .. 6 



4. Blackened sand with charcoal aud il/(/<i;«s shells ... ... 4 



5. Stones arranged to form a hearth ... ... ... ... 2 



6. More blackened sand and charcoal ... ... ... ... 3 



7- Broken slates arranged to form a rough hearth | n "^ 



8. Seam of iI/v/</7(« shells ) 



9. Sand with land shells ( ffe^j-r «ewo>"«?is zone) ... ... ... 2 



10. ' Head.' 



