IN THE SUBMERGED FOREST OF TORBAT. 



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another find recentl)' made by the 

 writer's son on the tidal strand of 

 Goodrington Bay (fig. 1). 



This inlet has much the same 

 general character as that which 

 has already been described, and 

 consists of wide and gently sloping 

 sands, crowned with a prominent 

 ridge of beach, behind which the 

 ground is low, flat, and marshy, 

 having been reclaimed from 

 swampy conditions only in recent 

 years. 



Fig. 3 exhibits a section of the 

 tidal strand taken through the 

 spot where the "find" in question 

 was made, and it will be observed 

 that the forest-clay is here no- 

 where visible. At the bottom is a 

 bed, E, consisting entirely of pro- 

 strate trees and vegetable debris ; 

 above that is another, A, com- 

 posed of the stems of the water- 

 bistort {Polygonum amphihium) 

 standing as they grew ; next, a 

 stratum of silt and vegetable mat- 

 ter, D ; then a thin layer of red 

 clay, P, and lastly a bed of much- 

 abraded reedy debris, C, upon 

 which the beach, B, appears to 

 rest. The thickness of the lowest 

 bed is unknown, while that of the 

 others is altogether about eight 

 feet. Borings made by the Great 

 Western Eailway Company have 

 shown that there are at least 

 seventy, and it may be many 

 more, feet of vegetable debris in 

 the marsh immediately behind the 

 beach, where it is crossed by the 

 line carried on a high embank- 

 ment. 



On November 18th, 1883, the 

 writer's son disinterred from the 

 Polygonum-'hed, A, fig. 3, two 

 large pewter vases, one of which 

 is now on the table, while the 

 other has been presented to the 

 Museum of the Torquay N"atural 

 History Societ}^ These vessels 



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