Mr. Cumberland on the Strata at Whorlbury Camp. 219 



The under part of this thin bed of sandstone is stalactitical, form- 

 ing friable concretions of sand, dependent chiefly from the stems of 

 decayed alcyonia. Were it not for these alcyonia, and for the lime- 

 stone rubble which is found upon the surface, any one would sup- 

 pose this bed to be of very recent production, formed of sand and 

 ochre concreted by the action of the sea. 



