Correspondence — W. H. Sndleston, 



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TEIMMINGHAM CHALK BLUFFS. 



(PLATE XXVII.) 



Sir, — You may be interested to know that I spent a short 

 fortnight in East Anglia. Apropos of Trimmingham I endeavoured 

 to identify Mr. Brydone's photographs. He appears to have taken 

 no notice of the extraordinary natural arch situated a few yards 

 from the base of the cliff, a miniature 'Old Harry.' Enclosed is 

 a rough sketch of this peculiar specimen of the Contorted Drift, 

 which owes its preservation, in a great measure, to an intensely 

 hard bed of flint pebbles (D). There are two fragments of this 

 remaining, and during my visit two young Philistines were doing 

 their best to destroy the one on the left hand. I preached them an 

 appropriate sermon on the folly of destroying interesting natural 

 objects, and they had the good sense to desist. I also send you 

 photograph taken by Messrs. Tucker showing the natural arch as 

 seen by me in July last (see Plate XXVII). 



Natural arch on the sea-shore at Trimmingham. 



A. Chalk in situ unaltered and full of flints. 



B; Modiiied Chak -with much impmity. 



C. Pugged grey clay mth some stones. 



D. Conglomerate of flint pebbles. 



E. The principal flint band. 



This mass of marly Chalk in the Trimmingham cliff is situated 

 just below the Crown and Anchor Hotel, the ' marl ' being burnt 

 for lime (July 31st, 1906). It is evidently a mass of squeezed and 

 softened Chalk, but I did not notice flints in it. A quantity of flint 

 pebbles, some very large, are obtained from the overlying gravels 

 for road-mending, etc. There are several smaller lumps of softened 



