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roots show a sor.t of epidermis, somewhat scaly like Lepidodendron. Large 

 trunks were not seen. The bed is very thin, only 1| foot, and is covered 

 by a bed of limestone 25 feet thick. It appears therefore probable that, 

 owing to littoral oscillations, the vegetable covering of the shale was denuded 

 during the progress of the sinking of the coast and previous to the deposit of 

 the limestone, 1 & 2 ft. 



11. Argillaceous bmestone, compact and weathering white. 

 Shaly partings, , 25 ft. 



12. Calcareous sandstone, of a compact structure and a dark blue color 

 when fresh, but weathering reddish in an irregular and patchy manner, the 

 redder patches being due to shaly masses which are seen here and there 

 imbedded in the sandstone : these shaly masses sometimes form lenticular 

 thin beds, as thin-bedded as sheets of paper. No fossils, 10 ft. 



13. Grey limestone ; no fossils, t 6 ft. 



14. Limestone, patchy blue and pale brown, 15 ft. 



These two beds of limestone are not quite conformable to the sandstone and 



preceding beds ; they are nearly horizontal, with a trifling dip of about 3° 

 to the E. N. E. This is probably duo to littoral oscillations or earthquakes. 



15. Sandstones, greyish-brown and pale, 2 ft. 



16. Limestone, 4 ft. 



17. Very arenaceous, grey limestone, weathering a deep yellowish grey ; 

 it shows no organisms. It dips E. N. E. 20°. It does not appear to participate 

 at all in tho faults and folds noted before. It has resisted atmospheric influence 

 well and forms a prominent and striking wall near the top of the hill. . It 

 is about 20 ft. 



18. Pale blue sandstone, marly and shaly, weathering greyish-brown and 

 patchy. It decays fast into a yellow sandy marl and forms a furrow at its 

 outcrop, 15 ft. 



19. Compact limestone, very hard and cherty. It is fawn-coloured, but 

 sometimes greenish blue. It contains no fossils, 5 ft. 



These three beds, 17, 18 and 19, form at their outcrop a ribbon 

 similar to those described at Weean. Another ribbon is formed by the 

 layers 14, 15 and 16, which appear to be the equivalent of the ribbon 

 7, 8, 9 at Weean. (?) 



20. Sandstone, brown, hard and micaceous, 2 ft. 



21. Limestone in blue and brown patches, 4 ft. 



22. Sandstone, shaly and much fissured. Color grey or brownish-grey. It 

 is hard, cherty and calcareous. It has a slaty cleavage, cutting the stratifica- 

 tion obliquely by striking W. E. and dipping N. with an angle of 60°. It 

 contains a few fossils. This bed varies a great deal, being sometimes a pure 

 enough sandstone, at other times a sandy shale, and again a coarse sandy slate. 

 It goes to the top of the cliff 20 ft. 



