BOGNOIl ROCKS. 
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111 some parts of its course in Sussex, it con- 
tains an abundance of the organic remains for 
which it is so remarkable. Emsworth and Stub- 
bington, on the confines of the county, have been 
noticed by Mr. Webster, as abounding in fossil 
shells. Bracklesham, near Selsea, is eipially pro- 
ductive ; and if I may judge from the liberal 
contributions of my kind and excellent friends 
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, of Bignor Park, will almost 
rival the celebrated cliffs of Hordwell. 
On the coast westward of Selsea, near Thorney 
and Bracklesliam, vast quantities of fossil shells 
are washed out of the clay and deposited on the 
shore, by the action of the waves, particularly 
after severe storms. This bed of clay is, however, 
only accessible at low water, and even then but 
for a very short period. 
Below the beach at Bracklesham, in the parish 
of East Wittering, the clay envelopes the trunks, 
roots, and branches of trees. 
In the second volume of the Geological Trans- 
actions, Mr. AITbster has enumerated the fossils 
discovered by him at Bracklesham. The interest- 
ing collection from that place, collected by my 
friends, has enabled me to add very considerably 
to their number ; the various species are enume- 
rated in the svstematic catalogue at the end of 
this volume. 
SANDSTONE, OR ARENACEOUS LIMESTONE OF 
BOGNOR. 
The sandstone rocks of Bognor are the ruins 
of a deposit once very extensive, and which, even 
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