BEDS OF THE ESTFABY OE THE EX. 349 



Bridge ; the dip at that place, as shown by a slaty bed, is 5° N.E. by 

 E. Conglomerate beds with large fragments of limestone then crop 

 out ; and these are succeeded by soft beds with pebbles ; and where 

 the red sandstone rests on the shaly carbonaceous beds near the 

 ruined summer-house on the left bank of the Teign, it consists of a 

 coarse conglomerate with fragments containing limestone with 

 organic remains and granitic and other rocks. The beds are there 

 intersected by strong lines of parting, ranging from north to south. 

 The Ness point on the south of the Teign has, near the top of the 

 cliff, conglomerate beds of a similar nature to those mentioned as 

 occurring near Shaldon Bridge. Below this beds of soft red rock 

 about 100 feet in thickness occur ; and these lie on a coarse conglo- 

 merate with large pebbles which forms the base of the cliff at the 

 mouth of the Teign. Several small faults, apparently "downthrows" 

 to the west, occur between this point and Maidencombe or Minni- 

 combe (fig. 3) ; but the same general character of rock continues — 

 that is, rough conglomerate at the base, overlain by soft rock, and hard 

 conglomerate near the top. The dip is generally in a JST.E. direction 

 until near Maidencombe, when it changes to about 4° S.W by S. ; 

 the conglomerate beds there rise about 40 feet from sea-level, and 

 are intersected by joints running N. and S. with an inclination of 

 about 30° to the west out of the perpendicular. On the south side 

 of the bay, to the north of Maidencombe, the conglomerates occupy 

 the greater portion of the cliff. Erom Teignmouth to Maidencombe 

 I have not found detached crystals of Murchisonite : fragments of 

 granite occur in which it exists ; and I have found a few spangles 

 in a soft bed at the top of the path leading to the sea at Maiden- 

 combe. These rocks may be seen in the cuttings in the lane-sides 

 in the adjoining district ; and at a quarry near Higher Gabel a 

 change of dip to the south south-west, similar to that noticed above, 

 may be seen. 



The beds that have been mentioned may be classed as follows : — - 



1. Keuper east of the Ex (fig. 3, b). 



2. Conglomerate of small angular and subangular fragments of 



rocks, supposed upper bed of " Bunter" (c). 



3. Soft red rock, frequently with false-bedding, with a band of 



Murchisonite (d). 



4. Conglomerate, chiefly of small fragments and of variable cha- 



racter as to hardness, containing a little Murchisonite but no 

 limestone fragments (e). 



5. Soft red rock and beds of conglomerate containing numerous 



fragments of limestone with and without fossils, and Murchi- 

 sonite mostly in fragments of granitoid rocks, and a little in 

 detached crystals (/). 



6. Soft sandy and pebbly beds alternating, not containing Mur- 



chisonite in appreciable quantity (g). 



7. Coarse conglomerate, with occasionally large rolled fragments 



of limestone and granitoid locks alternating with soft, 

 sandy and clayey beds, not containing Murchisonite in 

 appreciable quantity (Ji). 



