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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



between the island and the mainland was not via Hartland as has 

 been suggested by Charles Kingsley,* but via the Stanley Bank in 

 the direction indicated by the arrow in the map, towards a point 

 between Ilfracombe and Bull Point. But after allowance has 

 been made for silting, the eight or ten fathoms difference in 



Sketch Map of Lundy Island, showing soundings around the island and 

 the three bank's. 



Exact Geographical Position (at the old Lighthouse) : Lat. 51*9° 48' N., 

 long. 4-39° 27' W. Greatest height above sea-level, 525 ft. (Beacon Hill). It 

 is about 3| miles long, but of very irregular breadth. 



depth along the Hartland and the Ilfracombe directions is not 

 much ; moreover, all the evidence so far obtained from a study 

 of the fauna, especially the coleopterous fauna, indicates that 

 Lundy is an island of considerable antiquity. 



* In ' Prose Idylls,' p. 248, under the heading " Morte." 



