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HASTINGS CLIFFS. 
particular with that which has been noticed at 
Bexhill, Newick, Waldron, and Tilgate Forest. It 
occurs in nearly horizontal layers, which become 
extenuated into mere lines. It is very brittle, pos- 
sesses the lustre of jet, and contains nuclei of a 
ligneous appearance, somewhat approaching to that 
of Bovey coal. The largest masses do not exceed 
two inches in thickness. 
Pursuing our course eastward, another deep 
valley occurs, through which is the romantic 
entrance to Hastings by the London road ; at the 
east cliff, the strata rise into a majestic range, from 
400 to 500 feet high *, which extends with but little 
interruption to Haddock Point, a few miles from 
Winchelsea. The upper part of these cliffs consists 
of yellow and ferruginous sand, in which two or 
more layers of the Tilgate stone are imbedded ; 
the middle portion is composed of the Worth sand, 
and sandstone ; and the lowermost of ferruginous 
sand, and dark shale, with carbonized vegetable 
remains, lignite, and rich argillaceous iron ore. 
The following section presented by the cliffs near 
Eaglesbourn, (a spot well known to visitors, from 
the romantic beauties of tlie neighbouring fish- 
ponds,) will convey an idea of the whole. 
1. Uppermost beds; fawn-coloured sand, and 
friable sandstone, about 10 feet. 
2. Tilgate stone, from 2 to 6 feet. 
3. Clay, loam, &c., alternating with sand and 
sandstone, containing lignite, &c., 20 feet. 
4. White and fawn-coloured sandstone (^TTorth 
sandstone'), 100 feet. 
* Fairlight Down, the highest jwint, is 510 feet above the level of 
the sea. 
