Yol. 54.] 



NATFKAL GAS IN EAST SUSSEX. 



571 



Brown and greenish sandy marl, with thin bands 

 of marble 



Blue and greenish sandy marl, with bands of 

 shale 



Blue and grey do., with bands of shale 



Blue, brown, and greyish marl and shale 



Brown and greyish sandy marl and blue shale . 



Grey sandy marl-rock and shale 



(Gas first lighted, 312 feet.) 



Blue sandy marl-rock and shale 



Greyish limestone 



Blue sandy marl-rock 



„ „ with nodules of grey sand- 

 stone 



„ „ with bands of shale 



{Paludina ftuviorum, 333 feet.) 



Blue sandy marl-rock, with bands of bituminous 

 shale and broken fossils {Corhula and Cyrena, 

 347 feet) 8 



Blue sandy marl-rock, and bands of hard bitu- 

 minous shale with shells {Ostrea, Melania, 

 Hydrohia ?, Corhula, Cyrena, Cardium, etc., 

 353 feet e;^ se^-.) \ 6 



Bands of shell -rock and shale 3 



Blue sandy marl, and bands of shale with shells. 5 



Blue shale and bands of shell-rock 3 



Shell-rock 



Bands of blue shale and marl with shells 1 



Blue shale and hard bands of shells 3 



„ sandy marl, and bands of shale with 



shells 6 



Thickness 

 Feet In. 



Depth 



Feet In. 



2 6 



267 



3 6 



6 



10 6 

 13 

 12 



270 6 



276 6 

 287 

 300 

 312 



1 



2 10| 



313 



313 1^ 

 316 



5 



18 



321 

 339 



347 





353 





6 



356 



6 



6 



362 





6 



365 



6 



8 



366 



2 



4 



367 



6 



6 



371 





377 



The above details of depth and description of the rocks were 

 supplied by Messrs. Le Grand & Sutcliffe, who made both borings. 

 The Author wishes to place on record his sincere thanks to them 

 for opportunities courteously given to examine the rock-sampleSy 

 and for general information with respect to the subject. 



