IRON SAND FORMATION. 



of that deposit, (as in figs, 1 and 2, tab. III.) or form a protrusion or hillock 

 of the Purbeck lime-stone, as in the annexed diagram. 



a. Iron sand. h. Shelly Hmestone. c. Purbeck beds. 



§ 3. COAL. At Newick Park, Waldron, and Bexhill, seams of 

 fibrous coal resembUng that of Bovey, have been discovered ; but the thick- 

 ness and extent of the beds have not been correctly ascertained. To 

 Mr. Cater Hand of Lewes, I am indebted for the following section of 

 the strata at Newick. 



Section of the Strata in Newick Old Park, 



situate one mile from the banks of the Lewes Canal. 



1. Vegetable earth and sand. 



2. Sandstone and clay. 



3. Sandstone and indurated marl. 



4. Shivery sandstone and clay. 



5. Indurated clay rubble. 



6. Sandstone and blue clay alternating. 



7. Strong bind. 



8. Coal of the Bovey kind, examined only to the depth of eleven 

 inches ; it bassets out on the side of a rivulet, and may also be observed 

 in the bank of the adjoining hop grounds. Several bushels of coal were 

 dug up. The strata have a slight incUnation W. N. W. 



The Newick coal in my possession has very much the character of 

 jet : it is of a velvet black, does not soil the fingers, has a resinous 

 lustre, and a conchoidal fracture ; is very brittle, and burns with a bright 

 flame. 



