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WILLIAM SMITH ! HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
Beginning at the west is a series of seven explanatory paragraphs,* 
as under : — 
" Lynn stands upon a Shaking Marsh A very deep well sunk 
in clay " 
" Excellent Glass Sand in the Heaths near Lynn'' 
" The Ploughed Land between Swaffham and Castle Acre 
strewed ivith Flints — North of Lexham the Ground sinks into 
Holes — Near it strong Springs issue from the Chalk, with which 
and other Water the Author several years since successfully con- 
vetted the adjoining Bogs into excellent water Meadows,'' f 
" Heavy Soil ivith a retentive alluvial Clay Subsoil covers the 
interior heights of Norfolk like the Woodlands of Suffolk." 
" Bricks made West of Norwich, Chalk under and around the 
City is dug in great quantity, and at Whitlingham 4 Miles down the 
River where it sinks beneath the Marshes In the Gravel are the 
Bones of large Animals." 
" Gravel on the top of Portland Hill — The Clay below about 
the end of last Century induced a search for Coal." 
" Altogether a District 0/ 60,000 Acres of very improveable Low 
Marshes from which the most alarming inroads of the Sea were pre- 
vented by the Authors repair of the Sea breaches North of Yarmouth 
in 1805 90 Parishes were laid under contribution to these repairs 
by an Act of Parliament mi 1610. See their width in 1792 on Faden's 
Map of Norfolk" 
The lower section, " Through Sufiolk to Ely," begins at Ely on 
the west, and cuts through Bury, Stowmarket and Woodbridge to 
Baudsey. On the left are " CLA Y VALES " [Isle of Ely, and The 
Fens); then ''CHALK HILLS" {Suffolk Sands Northward); 
the Vale of the Orwell ; beneath Woodbridge are PLAINS ; and near 
the coast " Sutton Walks, Suffolk East Sand." 
There are also seven descriptive paragraphs to this section, viz., 
(beginning at the left) : — 
" The Stratified part of the Isle of Ely which rises above the 
* These various descriptions are of considerable value, and as they 
have not previously been published, (except on the charts, which are 
very scarce), are now quoted. 
t This refers to Smith's work described in his Volume of 1806. 
