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in plastic clay with patches of sand and souale similar on the 

 whole to that first mentioned, but in the portion between 

 Antigua Villa and Ambleside the clay seems rather less 

 plastic, and is overlaid by light purple-brown soil. The clay 

 with sand nowhere shows any signs of stratification, and no 

 pebbles have been noticed in it. 



An excavation in a field to the east of the Hougue 

 des Quartiers, now belonging to Mr. C. A. Renouf, also 

 shows souale enclosing boulders of somewhat decomposed 

 diorite. Bottom not reached at 6 feet depth. 



Souale has also been exposed in a field bordering the 

 Braye Road north of the Hougues Magues. Here it is only 

 two feet thick and rests on an irregular surface of decomposed 

 rock. 



2. — Norman Point. 



The old beaches exposed in the quarries have been re- 

 examined. They reach up to about 60 feet above sea level. 

 The head in some places contains small pebbles and rounded 

 grains, chiefly of flint. Some cavities are seen both in the 

 quarries at Fort Doyle and at Norman Point, apparently due 

 to the washing out of the old beach from under the more 

 compact head. It has been suggested that these cavities may 

 be older than the opening of the quarries, but this has not 

 been ascertained. 



3. — Neighbourhood of Vale Church. 



Patches of old beach exist in depressions of the rocks in 

 "Baie des Amarreurs." The rocks themselves are much 

 disintegrated. The old beach is below the level of spring 

 tides, and is consequently being washed away. 



At a spot called " Les Fontaines Marche," on the beach 

 south of Mont Cuet, peat from 8 to 15 inches deep has been 

 noticed. The only identifiable organic remains were flag 

 leaves and one or two small twigs. 



4. — U Ancresse Bay. 



The peat in this locality has been excavated under Mr. 

 J. L. Hocart's guidance. It lies directly north of the targets 

 in a small flat space between outcrops of rock. At times it is 

 buried under a thick covering of sand, but on the occasion of 

 the Society's visit it was exposed, although an almost continuous 

 layer of large pebbles had to be removed before digging 

 operations could be commenced. The peat is not pure, but 

 contains a considerable proportion of sand. A space about 

 six feet square was excavated to the depth of about two f eet> 



