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ON A SECTION IN THE BOULDER-CLAY NEAR 

 WITHERNSEA. 



THOMAS SHEPPARD, F.G.S. 



Though the erosion that is g'oing' on along- the Holderness coast 

 may be very unsatisfactory from the landowners' and farmers' 

 point of view, g-eologists have every reason to congratulate 

 themselves upon the ever-changing sections in the drift deposits 

 which are presented to their view as a result of such erosion. 



The district around Withernsea is perhaps particularly note- 

 worthy from the fact that at Dimlington, a little to the south, 

 the three divisions of Boulder-clay (Upper, Middle, and Lower 

 or Basement) are visible together in section — the best locality 

 for such a series in Yorkshire. Now that the importance and 



,1-905 October 2. 



