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what are called the caves, some peculiar appearances will be 

 observed in the face of the rock. Large isolated oval or 

 almond-shaped concretions of a slaty grey rock are embedded 

 in the sandstone. As we pass further on these masses change 

 in character somewhat, and they finally become occupied by 

 excavations, and look much like slag from an iron-foundry. 

 They are what are known as Septaria, and their forms and 

 peculiar conditions are well worthy of notice. 



The attractions of Filey Brig to the marine botanist and 

 to the lover of beauty, as presented by seaweeds growing in 

 clear water, are very great. Nowhere can rock pools be 

 inspected to greater advantage. It would require, however, 

 a long chapter by itself to do any sort of justice to this part 

 of the subject. 



Hunstanton. 



Hunstanton is famed for its red chalk, and a photograph 

 of its very remarkable cliff forms the frontispiece of Wood- 

 ward's work on the Geology of England and Wales. It is 

 not, however, solely for this cliff that it is an attractive place 

 for the naturalist. The shore supplies a considerable variety 

 of shells, seaweeds, and crustaceans. When the tides are 

 good and go down low, an interesting area of forest-bed is 

 laid bare. From this bed is said to have been obtained a 

 stone implement impacted in a portion of a tree, thus proving 

 the existence of man at the time of the growth of the forest. 

 A few more such specimens would be very valuable. A little 

 way inland, between the railway station and the gas-works, 

 there is a very interesting gravel quarry. In this quarry 

 may be studied to great advantage alternating layers of clay, 

 gravel, and sand, resulting, there can be little doubt, from 

 Glacial or Inter-glacial action. It was in this quarry that 

 human bones were found three years ago under conditions 

 which suggested, but which could not be considered con- 

 clusive, that they were those of a prehistoric man. Near 

 to this quarry, a little further inland, at several places the 



