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fined to it, and do not, in as far as we could ob- 

 ferve, penetrate into the fandftone, in a fingle 



j[j inftance. It is probable, that on the north fhore 



of the bay, the fame line of junction is vilible : 

 we faw it at Babicomb Bay, Hill more to the 

 northward. 



190. From this place, the fecondary ilrata of 

 different kinds prevail without interruption, 

 along the coaft of the Britifli Channel, and of 

 the German Ocean, as far as Berwick upon 

 Tweed, and for fome miles beyond it. The 

 ^"t" fea-coail then interfeds a primary ridge, the 

 "M Lammermuir Hills, which traverfcs Scotland 



from eafl to weft, uniting, near the centre of tl 

 country, with the metalliferous range of Lead 



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chi hills, and afterwards with the mountains of GaU 



loway. The fedion which the fea-coail makes 

 01 ti of the eaftern extremity of this ridge, is highly 

 ing: inllrudive, from the great difturbance of the 

 (cof primary ft rata, and the variety of their inflex- 

 ions. The jundion of thefe ftrata with the 

 fecondary, on the fouth ftde, is near the little 

 fea-port of Eyemouth, but the immediate con- 

 tacl is not vifibie. 



On the north fide of the ridge, the junction is 

 at a point called the Siccar, not far from Dun- 

 glafs, the feat of Sir James Hall, Baronet. By 

 being v/eli laid open, and diffeded by the work- 

 ing of the fea, the rock here difplays the rela- 

 tion between the two orders of ftrata to great 



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