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  C. 
  J. 
  A. 
  METER 
  ON 
  THE 
  CRETACEOUS 
  ROCKS 
  OF 
  

  

  Fossils 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  conica, 
  Soiv. 
  (small 
  var.) 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  Salcombe. 
  Weston. 
  

  

  Vermicularia 
  concava, 
  Sow 
  Salcombe. 
  

  

  Area 
  carinata, 
  Sow 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Trigonia, 
  sp 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  This, 
  the 
  well-nigh 
  universal 
  base-bed 
  of 
  the 
  Devon 
  Cretaceous 
  

   series, 
  is, 
  from 
  its 
  somewhat 
  retentive 
  character, 
  usually 
  the 
  most 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  examine 
  in 
  situ. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  part 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  

   and 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  along 
  the 
  cliffs 
  from 
  Branscombe 
  westward 
  to 
  

   Peak 
  Hill. 
  It 
  is 
  present 
  also, 
  in 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  condition, 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  Blackdown 
  strata 
  at 
  Punchey 
  Down, 
  near 
  Collumpton, 
  

   and 
  again, 
  further 
  westward, 
  at 
  Haldon. 
  

  

  Bed 
  2. 
  — 
  Argillaceous 
  sand, 
  with 
  abundance 
  of 
  green 
  earth. 
  

   Varies 
  in 
  colour 
  from 
  dark 
  greyish 
  to 
  pale 
  brownish 
  green, 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  according 
  to 
  its 
  condition 
  of 
  moisture. 
  Fossiliferous 
  semi- 
  

   indurated 
  nodules 
  occur 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  this 
  bed 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff 
  and 
  

   in 
  places 
  to 
  the 
  westward, 
  and 
  have 
  much 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Cow- 
  

   stones" 
  of 
  Lyme 
  Regis. 
  

  

  Thickness 
  variable 
  : 
  15 
  ft. 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  25 
  ft. 
  at 
  Dunscombe, 
  

   25 
  ft. 
  at 
  Salcombe 
  Hill, 
  20 
  ft. 
  at 
  High 
  Peak. 
  

  

  Fossils, 
  in 
  places, 
  numerous. 
  

  

  May 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  cliff-sections 
  between 
  

   Branscombe 
  and 
  High 
  Peak 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Sidmouth. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  of 
  bed 
  2 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Madrepora 
  (?) 
  Salcombe. 
  

  

  Bryozoa 
  (?) 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Silicified 
  wood 
  „ 
  

  

  Epiaster 
  Murchisonise, 
  Mant 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  Hemipneustes 
  Greenovii, 
  Forbes 
  „ 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Eusus 
  quadratus, 
  Sow 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  

  

  Rostellaria 
  Parkinsoni, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  Anomia, 
  sp 
  „ 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  conica, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  Salcombe, 
  &c. 
  

  

  undata, 
  Sow 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  Pecten 
  Millerii, 
  Sow 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  

  

  orbicularis 
  (small 
  var.) 
  „ 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Area 
  carinata, 
  Sow 
  ,, 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  Cardium 
  Hillanum, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Cyprina 
  cuneata, 
  Sow 
  ,, 
  Salcombe. 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  sulcatus, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  Lucina 
  orbicularis, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Mactra 
  angulata, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  Nucula 
  impressa, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  lineata, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  Pectunculus 
  umbonatus, 
  Sow 
  Dunscombe. 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  

  

  Tellina 
  striatula, 
  Sow 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  

  

  (or 
  Psammobia) 
  ,, 
  

  

  Thetis 
  major, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  Trigonia 
  (allied 
  to 
  Coquandiana, 
  -D' 
  Orb.) 
  „ 
  

  

  spectabilis, 
  Sow 
  White 
  Cliff. 
  Beer 
  Head. 
  

  

  , 
  sp 
  Dunscombe. 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  , 
  sp 
  Axmouth. 
  

  

  Yenus 
  immersa, 
  Sow 
  , 
  , 
  

  

  Vermicularia 
  polygonalis, 
  Sow 
  „ 
  

  

  concava, 
  (Sow 
  Salcombe. 
  Peak 
  Hill. 
  

  

  