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ON THE RED CHALK OF ENGLAND. 



Speeton is a small village, a place of no great note in the business- 

 world, yet of much fame amongst the lovers of geology, inasmuch as 

 in its neighbourhood there are several interesting formations, to one 

 of which — the Speeton clay — it gives a name. 



In these days of rapid travelling, the village has the great con- 

 venience of a railway-station, from whence the cliffs below can be 

 reached without the slightest difficulty. 



As I wish to conduct the members of the Association to the Red 

 Chalk in situ, let us suppose that, starting from some locality near 

 the Hull and Scarborough Railway, we have taken tickets for Speeton 



Lign. ].— Map of Part of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Norfolk, showing the Outcrop and Range 



of the Red Chalk. 



