the Maschelkalk, Sfc. 335 



This formation does not appear to exist along the north- 

 ern side of the Alps, except in the Alps of Swabia, and per- 

 haps Bavaria ; it is certain that the sandstones of the envi- 

 rons of St. Galles with the gryphites spiratus and many other 

 peculiar shells, have greatly the appearance of belonging 

 to this formation, that is, if they do not form part of the 

 green sand which is the only sandstone that may sometimes 

 be confounded with the quadersandstein. On the other 

 hand, the connection we have seen to exist between the 

 lower oolite marls and the sometimes carbonaceous sand- 

 stones of our deposite, leads us to suppose that many depo- 

 sites of carbonaceous matter or lignites, especially with ma- 

 rine remains, noticed on the foot of the Alps of Swabia, may 

 belong to this kind of formation. We may one day unite 

 with it the masses of carbonaceous matter which occur along 

 the Alps, between France and Piedmont, as the mass of 

 Entrevener, those on the environs of Grenoble, &c. 



FINIS. 



LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM PHILLIPS, 

 GEORGE YARD, LOMBARD STREET. 



