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DILUVIAL DEPOSITS. 
entire, and cannot have been subject to the action 
of the waves. 
Tlie wells in the less elevated parts of the town 
pass through the calcareous bed, shingle, and sand, 
in succession ; upon reaching the chalk, springs of 
good water burst forth, and these are said to be 
influenced by the tides. * 
Such are the leading features of these remark- 
able beds, in the immediate vicinity of Brighton ; 
in their course eastward towards Rottingdean, 
other characters are exhibited, which we shall now 
proceed to examine. 
About a mile to the east of Brighton, veins of 
tabular flint traverse the chalk in an oblique direc- 
tion, and terminate with the chalk, immediately 
beneath the shingle bed. Jig. 2. To avoid repe- 
STRATA EAST OF KEMP-TOAVN ; Jig. 2. 
aa. Elephant bed. g. Chalk rock. 
b. Shingle bed. t. Flint veins. 
c. Ancient sand. h. Chalk in a state of ruin. 
* Some wells at Tetney (a village on the coast of Lincolnshire) 
that are sunk in the chalk, are also affected by the title; the wells 
overflowing with a greater flux at the time of high water, and j)arti- 
cularly at spring tides ; showing that the water in the chalk commu- 
nicates with the sea." ■— Geohg. Trans, vol. iii. p.39i. 
