234 GE0L06ICAI, CHAItGES OP THE EASTJf' 
miles south of Sutton. On the north 
islets extend as far as Grimsby, on the south or 
^ fUo 'W»irViKiP»r • nnfl if is A rt*1TVfirktlbl6 CirCUlW^ s*^< 
of the Hurtiber : and it is a remarkable circums ‘ 
in the large tracts of low lands ■which lie on 
banks of that river, a little above its mouth, 
subterraneous stratum of decayed trees and j ’,e >5 
resembling those observed at Sutton. At Asho 
similar stratum extends over a tract of ten nnlp® 
by five in breadth. The roots there also stand in 
where tliey grew ; while the trunks lie prostrate, , 
roots of aquatic plants and reeds. itle,. 
Little doubt can be entertained of the 
Sutton being a part of this extensive snbterraneon „ 
which, by some inroad of tlie sea, has been tnci 
wnicn, ny some mroan oi me sea, u.is y'-v.- , u i 
of its covering of soil. The identity of the lev 
the species of trees ; the roots of these alfixe , ^ 
tire soil where they grew ; and, above all, th . i(i 
1 r j.i._ 1 L, ^ /-.f' ov , A .<f L. 
me sou wuere iney gicw ; »um, e - 
shape of the trunks, branches, and 
islets, which can only be accounted for by tne^ 
sure of a super-induced stratum, are suihcien J 
tills opinion. Such a wide-spread assemblage o. ^1 0 
• , , or.,1 that 1®’ 
tilts opinion, &UC11 a wioe-spre-au asseuiui.iB- .g^ei r 
ruins, lying almost in the same level, and that ,(U 
and the agency by which it was rfected. , .. 
rally under the common mark of low_ 
gives rise to reflections on the epoch of this 
lid tlie agency ny wnica u w js truci.ica. . 
The original catastrophe which buned “ 
forest must have been of very ancient date ; 
+Kat tht. tnrnnrl of the sca wliich u*' 
roresi inusi imvc ucci, , ^ 
suspected, that the inroad of the sea which 
decayed trees of the islets of Sutton, is 
recent. , --- .♦os'' 
also the tradition of tlie country people, coiicui ^ 
this suspicion. Leaves and other delicate P‘ goiV y 
tliough they may be long preserved in a subte 
ation, cannot remain uninjured, when exposeo j 5 ^ 
of the w'aves, and of the air. The inhabit^ tb f 
believe that their parish church once stood , VJJ 
w'here the islets now are, and was snbniC‘g^gir y 
inroads of the sea ; that, at very low water,^jjgir ,f.f 
tors could even discern its ruins ) and that 
trees nt tne isicis oi quiluu, *» .in’*’ / 
The state of the leaves, and of the 
. /'.i A ty ^ dK,j 
tors COUIQ even ui&coin us, lums j auu '7* . ^ t/j 
church was built to supply the place of w' 
■washed away. So many concomitant, w 
■washea away, so many cuiicoimuiui, “jg 
timonies, render their report to a certain deS 
