THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



January 3, 1849. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. Notice on the Occurrence of Eocene Freshwater Shells at Beau- 

 lieu, Langley, ^c, in Hampshire. By J. C. Moore, Esq., 

 Secretary Geol. Soc. 



Being lately in the neighbourhood of Beaulieu, on the eastern boun- 

 dary of the New Forest, I had opportunities of ascertaining that the 

 fluvio-marine beds of the Isle of Wight and of Hordwell Cliff extend 

 further eastward than has hitherto been noticed. 



From the Beaulieu river to the Southampton Water, a distance of 

 about four miles, the country is a low flat moor covered with heather : 

 by following the coast from the mouth of the Beaulieu river to Eagle- 

 hurst, it will be seen that the lowest bed is a purplish clay covered 

 by a grey sandy clay, both of which are nearly concealed at high- 

 water ; on these repose yellow sands, interstratified with pebbly beds, 

 the whole being covered by a diluvium of flint shingle. The beds 

 rise gently to the west, and more perceptibly to the north. 



The yellow sands are without fossils, but the clays in the following 

 localities contain them. 



1st. On the west side of the Beaulieu river, between St. Leonard's 

 and Bucklershard, I found casts of Lymnceus longiscatus in a grey 

 clay, reposing on purple clay. 



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