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in order to guide persons interested in such matters for 

 the future : and hence the minuteness with which I have 



availed myself of the magnificent natural sections un- 

 folded along the sea-coast. 



The rocks associated with this coal follow in ascending 



sequence thus : — ft. in. 



Coal and shale, &c 4 3 



Sandy clay, compact and whitish ..... 9 



Shale, containing ^ inch of shining coal 9 



Sandstone, soft white 2 



Ditto mixed with shale 3 



Ditto, ditto, in seams ............. 5 6 



Clay ironstone, in nodules .......... 6 



Sandstone, white 2 6 



Clay, shaly, brown 3 



Ditto and clayey sandstone 2 



Coal, with thin shale between .• 10 



Shale, black , 1 



Ditto, and shaly clay 1 6 



Clayey beds, containing nodules, and 



seams of clay ironstone 6 



Shale, brown 4 



Slaty clay, with clay ironstone 10 



Coal, black shining . , 6 



Shale, black 3 



Slaty clay , 7 



Shale 1 



Sandstone 1 6 



Ditto mixed with shale i . . . , . 1 



Ditto, whitish 20 



Slaty clay 3 



Sandstone beds, with a few thin seams 



of laminated clay 130 



Slaty clay 6 



Shale, black 1 



