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slipped masses inclined to the south-east at 5° to 6°, and lying on 

 the shore in front of the mass of the limestone which dips from 2° 

 to 3° west-south-westward. 



The Coral- Rocks near and above Bath. 



Prof. Spencer states (ojp. cit. p. 358) that near Bath 



' the inclined strata of this formation may be seen dipping and passing under 

 other beds which rest unconformably on them in horizontal positions.' 



Reading ' near Bath ' in a wide sense, there is in that neighbourhood 

 a great thickness of coral-rock traversed by the roads which descend 

 the great escarpment from the high plateau in St. John's parish : 

 one running from Society Plantation by the Chapel to Codrington 

 College ; another from Cliff Cottage to Bath ; a third from south of 

 St. John's Church to Quintyns ; and a fourth from about a quarter of 

 a mile north of the church to Newcastle House. Of these roads, 

 that which runs from Society Plantation to Codrington College is, 

 owing to the great expanse of slipped masses through which it passes 

 in its lower part, of little use for the examination of the strata at 

 the base of the limestone. All the limestone exposed in situ, from 

 Cliff Cottage to Bath, practically is horizontally bedded; and I 

 failed to find any evidence of the existence of 



' the sloping beds of the Antigua Limestone upon the flank of the mountain 

 behind it [Bath],' 



mentioned by Prof. Spencer on p. 361 of his paper. But there 

 is below the escarpment an extensive talus-slope, with many great 

 masses of limestone, inclined to the north-north-west. 



The track leading to Quintyns from the top of the escarpment 

 south of St. John's Church descends for about 170 feet the face of 

 the escarpment, and the limestone is everywhere bedded horizontally. 

 Some 20 feet below the base of the escarpment, at about 680 feet 

 above sea-level, a lower plateau or terrace of later formation occurs, 

 which also is bedded horizontally, and is about 80 feet thick. 

 Beyond this is a talus-slope of blocks of limestone for a depth of 

 about 50 feet, the rocks at about 530 feet above the sea resting 

 upon a lower terrace of coral-rock, the lower part of which is very 

 similar in structure to, and practically indistinguishable from, the 

 rocks of the low plateau at about 150 feet described by Prof. Spencer 

 as the 'Bath Formation.' The 680-foot terrace is well marked below 

 the main escarpment, between Society Chapel and the road to Bath. 



The road north of St. John's Church to Newcastle House descends 

 through 160 feet of the main limestone-escarpment. The upper 

 beds are everywhere horizontal ; but, at the base of the cliff and 

 of the limestone, the beds are inclined at a low angle of about 3° 

 to somewhat east of north. As on the Quintyns track, at atiout 

 670 feet above sea-level is a lower terrace of more recent age, the 

 limestone of which is about 70 feet thick. The limestone of the 

 terrace is usually bedded horizontally ; but in places, as at about 

 30 feet from its top where it is inclined from 5° to 6° south-eastward, 



