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Aldborough. 



A long, monotonous steep beach covered with rolled stones 

 having no rocks and but little sand gives the feature of this 

 coast. What sand there is, is seen only at low water. Sea- 

 birds, especially of the wader tribes, are abundant, and, in 

 the breeding season especially, afford much interest to the 

 observer. At Orford and many other places sand quarries 

 may be examined in which fossils, especially corals, are 

 abundant and easily obtained. Here and at Southwold sea- 

 fishing by throwing in the line is attractive to many. The 

 air, as along the whole of the east coast, is very invigorating. 



Felixstowe. 



With Felixstowe we may for the present group Clacton and 

 Walton-on-the-Naze. They are all within reach of Ipswich, 

 where there is a well-arranged and attractive Museum. The 

 corals and other fossils of the Crag formation may be found at 

 many spots where digging has occurred, sand quarries and the 

 like. At all these three Resorts the modern development of 

 the town has for the most part concealed or destroyed the 

 geological attractions of the cliffs themselves, and local guid- 

 ance may be needed in order to find good places for geological 

 work. There is an excellent Guide-book published at Felix- 

 stowe by the District Council, which contains a good account 

 of the Geology, Natural history, and Botany. 



Seaford (near Newhaven). 



Seaford offers perhaps unequalled attractions to the young 

 geologist in search of Chalk fossils. The Chalk is abundantly 

 exposed, very frequently broken and tolerably soft. Echini, 

 bivalves and all the characteristic fossils of the Upper Chalk 

 may be obtained easily and in great perfection. The forma- 

 tion of tabular as well as nodular flint may be studied to great 

 advantage and on a large scale. As might be expected, the 

 beach is bounded by a vast bank of flint stones and pebbles of 

 all sizes. Very few birds and very few shells. 



