128 ON THE EOREST-BED SERIES AT KESSINGLAND AND PAKEEIELD. 



wich Crag ; but he did not think that it was necessary that shells 

 should be found in order to prove the nature of the latter bed : in 

 fact he considered that far too much weight was laid upon concho- 

 logical evidence in such matters, and far too little upon stratigraphi- 

 cal considerations. He differed from Mr. Prestwich with regard to 

 the position of the Forest-bed, which no doubt extended far under 

 the North Sea, perhaps even as far as Belgium, the beds in which 

 country probably correspond with those of East Anglia. He stated 

 that the Stony bed is not to be seen at Pakefield, because the 

 Chalk upon which it immediately lies dips down at a high angle 

 and passes at some depth below the Forest-bed. 



