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opinion that no essential difference occurs in the strata for 

 the whole of this long distance and therefore that a description 

 of the relationships between the various beds at Cape Stewart 

 is fairly applicable throughout their extent. 



The lowest part of Cape Stewart consists of a foreshore, 

 made up almost entirely of fragments from the formations 

 above it, all of which weather very easily. From this foreshore 

 a narrow ravine leads up to the plateau above the cliffs and in 

 this ravine the various beds can be easily examined. 



The lowest bed is described as a green sandstone , which 

 has been observed on the shore at the most northerly part of 

 the Cape , but has not been found in Neill's Cliffs north of 

 Cape Stewart. 



Above the sandstone, a grey, somewhat sandy clay-shale 

 was seen to occur, this containing many fossil-plants, in the 

 ravine, it attains to a height of 160—180 feet (50 — 56 metres) 

 above sea-level and also crops out almost immediately below 

 on the shore. 



Above the shale is a belt covered with weathered frag- 

 ments and above this again a stratum rich in fossils, which 

 varies very much in different parts but can be best described 

 as a very impure, reddish-coloured limestone. In some places 

 the limestone is free from foreign fragments of any appreciable 

 size, but contains very much sand; in such places it hardly 

 ever contains fossils. In other parts it is full of small pebbles, 

 which are sometimes rolled and sometimes fairly angular, so 

 that the limestone has the appearance either of a conglomerate 

 or a breccia. In other places, again, the limestone becomes 

 a regular shell-breccia, in consequence of the number of fossils 

 contained in it, these being of Jurassic age. These variations 

 of the same rock occur near one another and pass over into 

 one another. In addition to the fossil fauna, a few stems and 

 branches have been found here and there. This bed is 7 feet 



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