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  THE 
  LATE 
  ME. 
  A. 
  CHAMPEEXOWNE 
  OX 
  THE 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  patch 
  of 
  volcanic 
  rocks 
  brings 
  us 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Torbay. 
  

   It 
  lies 
  east 
  of 
  Goodrington, 
  forming 
  the 
  " 
  Sugar-loaf" 
  hill, 
  of 
  less 
  

   elevation 
  than 
  the 
  limestone 
  plateau 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  A 
  hard 
  aphanitic 
  

   rock 
  protrudes 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  aloug 
  the 
  top, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  

   the 
  railway- 
  cutting 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  cliff, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  flanked 
  by 
  tuffs. 
  

   This 
  patch 
  throws 
  off 
  some 
  beds 
  of 
  iron-shot 
  limestone 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  

   dipping 
  north 
  and 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  cutting. 
  The 
  face 
  of 
  Saltern 
  

   Cove 
  is 
  a 
  N. 
  and 
  S. 
  line 
  of 
  fault, 
  which 
  has 
  shifted 
  the 
  iron-shot 
  

   limestone 
  on 
  the 
  foreshore 
  south 
  of 
  its 
  exposure 
  in 
  the 
  railway- 
  

   cutting, 
  and 
  the 
  Triassic 
  outlier 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Cove 
  at 
  Saltern, 
  south 
  

   of 
  that 
  at 
  Milepost 
  223. 
  The 
  fault 
  continues 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  at 
  Broad- 
  

   sands, 
  throwing 
  down 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  Triassic 
  sand-rock 
  that 
  dips 
  east, 
  

   and 
  again 
  forming 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  cliff. 
  

  

  The 
  above-named 
  limestone 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  on 
  a 
  higher 
  horizon 
  

   than 
  the 
  great 
  mass 
  of 
  Goodrington 
  Hill, 
  Brixham, 
  and 
  Berry 
  Head. 
  

   It 
  abounds 
  in 
  corals 
  — 
  Favosites 
  cervicornis, 
  Edw. 
  & 
  H., 
  Alveolites, 
  sp., 
  

   Cyathopliylhnn 
  ccesjpitosum, 
  Goldf., 
  and 
  simple 
  forms, 
  Stromatopora 
  , 
  

   Crinoids, 
  and 
  more 
  rarely 
  Acervularia 
  (sp.). 
  The 
  layers 
  are 
  parted 
  

   by 
  a 
  red 
  clay. 
  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  cove 
  the 
  tuff 
  ex- 
  

   posed 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  Schalstein 
  from 
  Weilburg, 
  Nassau, 
  

   in 
  my 
  collection. 
  The 
  beds 
  succeeding 
  the 
  iron-shot 
  limestone 
  con- 
  

   sist 
  of 
  purple 
  marly 
  shale, 
  and 
  include 
  the 
  interesting 
  fauna 
  iden- 
  

   tical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Budesheim 
  worked 
  out 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lee 
  *. 
  Higher 
  

   still, 
  immediately 
  under 
  the 
  Trias, 
  thej 
  T 
  are 
  more 
  slaty 
  and 
  are 
  

   interstratified 
  with 
  purple 
  grits. 
  Therefore 
  eliminating 
  the 
  faults 
  

   and 
  disturbances, 
  [owing 
  to] 
  which 
  cause 
  the 
  beds 
  [are 
  much 
  con- 
  

   torted, 
  so 
  that 
  they] 
  hang 
  nearly 
  vertically 
  towards 
  the 
  north-west, 
  

   the 
  relations 
  are 
  as 
  folio 
  wsf: 
  — 
  

  

  Section 
  near 
  Goodrington 
  . 
  

  

  (1 
  Triassic 
  conglomerate. 
  

  

  5. 
  Hard 
  red 
  grits 
  and 
  slates. 
  

  

  4. 
  Purple 
  and 
  blotched 
  marly 
  shales 
  (Goniatites, 
  Bactrites, 
  Cardiola 
  retro- 
  

  

  striata. 
  &c). 
  

   3. 
  Iron-shot 
  limestone 
  bands 
  (very 
  fossiliferous). 
  

   2. 
  Schalstein 
  : 
  and 
  aphanite 
  nucleus 
  ? 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  cutting. 
  

   1. 
  Chief 
  Devonian 
  limestone. 
  

  

  Following 
  the 
  Belgian 
  and 
  German 
  classification, 
  3, 
  4, 
  and 
  5 
  

   would 
  certainly 
  be 
  considered 
  Upper 
  Devonian 
  t. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  

   colour 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  percolation 
  through 
  the 
  Trias 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  beds 
  

   may 
  contain 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  peroxidation 
  in 
  themselves, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  

   proved 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  lavas. 
  In 
  the 
  railway- 
  and 
  road-cutting 
  

   adjoining 
  the 
  Naval 
  Hospital 
  § 
  we 
  have 
  again 
  the 
  beds 
  No. 
  5 
  well 
  

   exposed 
  and 
  dipping 
  northerly, 
  and, 
  after 
  an 
  interval 
  of 
  level 
  ground, 
  

  

  * 
  Geol. 
  Mag. 
  1877, 
  p. 
  100. 
  

  

  t 
  [The 
  drawing 
  intended 
  to 
  accompany 
  this 
  description 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  

   among 
  Mr. 
  Champernowne's 
  papers. 
  — 
  A. 
  G-.] 
  

  

  $ 
  The 
  tracing-out 
  of 
  calcareous 
  horizons 
  in 
  South 
  Devon, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  

   3, 
  must 
  remain 
  for 
  another 
  communication. 
  

  

  § 
  Now 
  a 
  private 
  residence. 
  

  

  