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e. Greenish yellow sand. 



f. Yellow sand with ferruginous masses. 



g. Greenish sand, like e. 



h, Yellow, white, and greenish sand. 



i. Whitish sand, with thin stripes of clay. 



k. White and yellow sand. 



r, Light green sand. 



m, Ferruginous sand stone. 



n, Yellow sand with a few red stripes. 



Next to this, and in the middle of the bay, is a very nu- 

 merous succession of beds, which contain a large proportion 

 of pipe-clay of various colours, white, yellow, grey, and 

 blackish. These alternate with beautifully coloured sands. 

 The clay is sometimes in beds several feet in thickness, 

 without any admixture, and sometimes in laminse not a 

 quarter of an inch thick with sand between them. They are 

 generally as follows : 



o. Blackish clay with stripes of white sand. 



p. Sand intensely yellow. 



q. Very white sand. In the middle of this there is a layer of 

 small siliceous ncdules, quite white, easily frangible, and of 

 an earthy texture ; they are water-worn, and seem to have 

 been derived from decomposed flints. 



r. Sand of a crimson colour. 



s. Pipe clay with sand stripes. Here it runs into the sea, and 

 may be traced across the beach. 



t, Yellow sand with some crimson. 



u, Pipe clay, white and black, with stripes of sand. In the 

 middle there are three beds of a sort of wood coal, the 

 vegetable origin of which is distinctly pointed out by the 



