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  THE 
  FIFESHTRE 
  COAL-MEASTJEES. 
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  Detailed 
  Section 
  of 
  Strata 
  (continued). 
  

  

  ft. 
  in. 
  

  

  Brought 
  forward 
  604 
  2 
  

  

  70. 
  Eeddish 
  purple 
  shale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  7 
  1 
  . 
  Eed 
  and 
  white 
  sandstone 
  of 
  irregular 
  structure 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  72. 
  Wbitish 
  and 
  red 
  fireclay, 
  variegated, 
  with 
  irregular 
  inter- 
  

  

  calations 
  of 
  white 
  sandstone 
  9 
  

  

  73. 
  Purple 
  and 
  yellow 
  sandy 
  shale, 
  ochreous 
  in 
  places 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  74. 
  Intercalations 
  of 
  red 
  shaly 
  sandstone 
  and 
  sandy 
  shale 
  ... 
  30 
  

  

  75. 
  Dull 
  red 
  fireclay 
  veined 
  with 
  white, 
  coarse 
  and 
  sandy. 
  

  

  (Beds 
  70-75 
  are 
  all 
  exposed 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  Buckhaven.) 
  ... 
  6 
  

  

  76. 
  Eed, 
  light 
  red, 
  and 
  purple 
  sandstone, 
  with 
  whitish 
  parts, 
  

  

  softish, 
  thick-bedded, 
  and 
  weathering 
  irregularly 
  ; 
  

   coarse, 
  and 
  with 
  quartz 
  pebbles 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  (Forms 
  

   the 
  reef 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Buckhaven 
  Harbour.) 
  30 
  

  

  77. 
  Eepeated 
  alternations 
  of 
  red, 
  purple, 
  and 
  yellow 
  shale 
  or 
  

  

  fireclay, 
  and 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  sandstone 
  — 
  cropping 
  out 
  

   chiefly 
  within 
  the 
  harbour, 
  and 
  partly 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  

   cliffs 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  it 
  46 
  

  

  78. 
  Bright 
  red 
  fine-grained 
  sandstone, 
  with 
  yellow 
  patches 
  

  

  below 
  5 
  

  

  79. 
  Yellow 
  and 
  purple 
  sandy 
  fireclay 
  12 
  

  

  80. 
  Dark 
  red 
  and 
  yellow 
  sandstone, 
  thin-bedded 
  and 
  irregular 
  

  

  in 
  structure 
  4 
  

  

  81. 
  Yellow 
  and 
  light 
  purple 
  shale, 
  sandy 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  82. 
  Light 
  purple 
  and 
  yellow 
  fireclay 
  4 
  

  

  83. 
  Purplish 
  and 
  yellow 
  sandstone, 
  an 
  irregular 
  bed 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  84. 
  Dull 
  red 
  and 
  light-purple 
  fireclay 
  5 
  

  

  85. 
  An 
  irregular 
  bed 
  of 
  purple 
  and 
  yellow 
  sandstone 
  3 
  

  

  86. 
  Sandy 
  fireclay, 
  light-coloured 
  2 
  

  

  87. 
  Whitish, 
  light 
  purple, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  red 
  fireclay, 
  beautifully 
  

  

  variegated, 
  and 
  with 
  large 
  sandy 
  intercalations 
  30 
  

  

  88. 
  Eed 
  and 
  yellow 
  sandstone 
  6 
  

  

  89. 
  White 
  and 
  red 
  fireclay 
  above 
  ; 
  yellow, 
  red, 
  and 
  purple 
  

  

  below 
  ; 
  beautifully 
  variegated 
  15 
  

  

  90. 
  Eed 
  sandstone. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  3 
  

  

  91. 
  Eed 
  shale. 
  (Calamites.) 
  1 
  

  

  92. 
  Whitish 
  fireclay 
  and 
  shale, 
  variegated 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  

  

  purple. 
  (Stigmarian 
  rootlets.) 
  10 
  

  

  93. 
  Eed 
  sandstone, 
  an 
  irregular 
  bed 
  1 
  

  

  94. 
  Eed, 
  purple, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  white 
  fireclay 
  and 
  shale, 
  finely 
  

  

  variegated, 
  and 
  laminated 
  in 
  places 
  15 
  

  

  95. 
  Purple 
  and 
  whitish 
  sandstone 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  96. 
  Eed, 
  purple, 
  yellow, 
  and 
  white 
  fireclay 
  and 
  shale, 
  varie- 
  

  

  gated 
  and 
  spotted 
  10 
  

  

  97- 
  Purple 
  and 
  yellowish 
  sandstone 
  8 
  

  

  98. 
  Purple 
  shale, 
  with 
  yellow 
  spots 
  above, 
  sandy, 
  not 
  all 
  

  

  seen 
  5 
  

  

  99. 
  Eed 
  sandstone, 
  laminated 
  and 
  shaly 
  above, 
  generally 
  

  

  softish, 
  but 
  hard 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  and 
  coarse 
  and 
  gritty, 
  

   with 
  quartz 
  and 
  clay-pebbles 
  in 
  other 
  places, 
  and 
  much 
  

   false 
  bedded. 
  (Seen 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  cliffs 
  from 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  Gas-works 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  East 
  Wemyss.) 
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  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  VI. 
  

  

  This 
  Plate 
  illustrates 
  the 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  Algae 
  or 
  rootlets 
  from 
  Methil. 
  

   The 
  figures 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  natural 
  size. 
  

  

  