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5. Ferruginous sand and sandstone, alternating 
with dark blue shale, and reddish clay ; lignite, 
ironstone, vegetable remains ; these beds form 
nearly the lower third of the cliff. The strata are 
slightly inclined towards the east. 
The TUgate stone^ presenting the same characters 
as the beds at White Rock, may be traced along 
the upper part of the cliffs, to within a short dis- 
tance of the town, and its ruins are scattered along 
the shore, particularly near Fairlight Point and 
Eaglesbourn ; at which places large portions of 
the stems of Endogenitea erosa, are frequently 
thrown iq) by the waves. 
At Hollington, near Hastings, the Tilgate stone 
also occurs ; and at Ore, between Battel and Hast- 
ings, it is quarried for repairing the roads. In a 
quarry ou the road-side, near Ore, the following 
section is presented : — 
1. Loam, 6 to 8 feet. 
2. White and fawn-coloured sandstone, 10 feet. 
3. Grit, 3 to 4 feet. 
-1. Blue clay, depth unknown. 
The reader will perceive hereafter, that this 
section corresponds with that of many quarries in 
Tili^ate Forest. 
Having thus briefly noticed the geological phe- 
nomena which the cliffs in the vicinity of Hastings 
present to our observation, before quitting this part 
of our sid)ject, we would remark, that, notwith- 
standing tlie irregularity of the strata, and the 
ruinous state in which they occur, certain well- 
marked characters are exhibited. 
1. A series of ferruginous and fliwn-coloured 
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