POUNCEFORD QUARRIES. 
Proceeding to the opposite valley, on the sides 
of which the limeworks are situated, indications of 
the calciferous grit may be observed at the depth 
of about twenty feet ; and it is a curious fact, that 
tlie perforation of this stratum (which could not 
be avoided in sinking the shafts for limestone) 
was formerly one of the most expensive processes 
in the wliole works, and cost the Earl of Ashburn- 
ham a very large sum annually ; the excellence of 
the stone, as a road material, and for which it is 
now quarried, having escaped observation, till the 
system of M‘Adam became more generally known 
and appreciated. 
SECTION OF A SHAFT AT POUNCEFORD. 
twigs and branches of trees, and stems of equiseta, with snail shells. 
This recent deposit is now covered by a layer of peat and bog-earth, on 
which brushwood and equiseta are growing in great luxuriance. No 
spot in Sussex is more interesting than this romantic glen, in which 
may be seen, at the same time, the effects of the ancient and modern 
operations of nature. 
