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Clay. 



4. Anvils Blue building stone^ forming- a bed of ir- Ft In. 



regular anvil-shaped blocks 1 



Clay. 



5. Graze Burrs . Good blue building stone IQ 



Clay. 



6. Fire stone. . . White building stone^ used also for forming 



the arch-work of lime pits : it divides 

 into two beds_, each four inches thick, 



with a parting of clay. — Total 1 



Clay. 



7. Half-foot bed. Strong blue flagstone^ the best for paving . 6 



Clay. 



8. Foot stone. . . Blue paving and building stone 10 



Clay. 



9. Red-size .... White lias, inclining to grey, splitting into 



two or three thin slabs, and used for pav- 

 ing and building 6 



Clay. 



10. Under bed. . Blue building stone, used for paving, and the 



best bed of all for steps 8 



Clay, varying from one to six feet. 



11. White rock. White lias, rough and rubbly throughout ; — 



not good for paving or building, but used 

 largely to make lime, which is better than 

 that of the other beds for plastering and 

 in-door work : the thickness of this bed is 

 variable; its average is 30 



All the above strata are separated by thin beds of clay, varying from four 

 inches to a foot, and exceeding the latter thickness in one case only, viz. be- 

 tween Y°' 10 and 1 1 : but the presence and relative position of each individual 

 stratum of stone is constant ; and the specific character and uses of each bed 

 are of practical notoriety among the masons through the district round Ax- 

 minster, in which there are many and distant quarries, to any one of which 

 the above section is equally applicable ; e. g. to the quarries of Fox hills on the 

 south-east, of Waycroft on the north, and of Sisterwood, Battleford, Long 

 Leigh, Small-ridge, Green-down, and Cox-wood, on the north-west of Ax- 

 minster. There can be little doubt, therefore, that the component strata of 



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