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REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 

 SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS.-PEAT. 



As the examination of the peat deposits has formed the 

 most notable feature of this year's work, it has been thought 

 advisable to collect the results under one heading. In con- 

 sequence of the finds of bones at FAncresse recorded in last 

 year's Transactions, the Geological Section resolved to devote 

 special attention to that locality, and their expectations of 

 good results have not been altogether disappointed. A 

 further considerable quantity of bones has been discovered, 

 and these have, like the previous finds, been submitted to 

 Dr. Woodward, of the British Museum, for identification. 



The section having been informed that the storms which 

 occurred in the early part of October had laid bare the peat 

 at Cobo, made a special visit to that locality. Various land 

 shells were found, a report of which will probably appear 

 later, also a few bones which, with others found at the same 

 spot by non-members of the Society, have also been identified 

 by Dr. Woodward. 



A list of the bones found as above both at FAncresse and 

 at Cobo appears in another part of these Transactions. 



It was also decided to investigate the Vazon peat deposit, 

 which is the most extended and best known in the island. 

 The Society is much indebted to Mr. P. E. Robilliard, of the 

 Piette, who kindly provided five men with picks and shovels to 

 remove the shingle and dig the peat. The peat was found 

 covered by about 2 feet of shingle. Three separate openings 

 were made, but only the usual components of the peat were 

 found, viz., branches and roots of trees, flag leaves and moss. 

 The peat was about 1 foot thick. 



In December a small patch of peat was exposed in 

 Belgrave Bay, opposite the first mile stone. It had been 

 eroded by the rolling of the shingle, so that only 2 or 3 inches 

 remained. It was of the ordinary kind and rested on a layer 

 of hardened clay which contained rootlets. Beneath this 

 hardened clay a deposit of plastic clay occurs somewhat resem- 

 bling the " souale " generally found in the low-lying parts of the 

 island, but in some parts it appeared to result from the decom- 

 position of rock in situ. The peat is doubtless the continuation 

 of a layer underlying the marshy meadows along the Banks. 



OTHER SUPERFICIAL DEPOSITS. 



1. — St Peter-Port 

 A pocket containing clay with interstratified sand was 

 exposed by the removal of the wall of Les Freres Cemetery. 



