1022 
ME. PENGELLY ON THE IJGNITES AND 
As we descended, the thickness of each bed and the amount and direction of its dij^ 
were carefully measured ; a sample, and when necessary more than one, of every bed 
was taken, each in a separate box, and every important fact, as to the character of the 
bed and the occurrence or not of fossils in it, was carefully noted. The mean of the 
several measurements, all very near the average, gave a dip of 12^° towards S. 35° W. 
(magn.). 
The results of this systematic exploration are exhibited below. 
Section 1, of the Bovey Deposit^ in the south wall of the “ Coal-pit f near its western end. 
Dip 12^° towards S. 35° W. {magn.). 
Beds. 
Thickness. 
Totals. 
1 
ft. 
7 
in. 
6 
ft. 
7 
in. 
6 
Sandy Clay, — C ontains a large number of angular and subangular stones, 
2 
2 
6 
10 
0 
without anything like regularity in their arrangement. This is locally 
termed “ The Head.” The upper two inches is a peaty soil, also containing 
stones. 
Clay. — P lastic. Contains a few fragments of lignite. The uppermost four 
3 
6 
3 
16 
3 
and the lowest two inches are of a buff colour; the middle band dark, 
approaching to black. 
Sand. — Q uartzose, with a ferruginous clay at the base. 
4 
2 
9 
19 
0 
Clay. — T he ujjpermost ten inches more or less dark, sometimes approachiug 
5 
7 
19 
7 
to black, in colour. 
Lignite. — Woody and brittle. 
6 
11 
20 
6 
Clay. — V ery dark. Contains much broken lignite. 
7 
1 
3 
21 
9 
Lignite. — In some places woody, in others a mass of Sequoia Couttsice, Heeb, 
8 
5 
22 
2 
and fem debris. 
Clay. — D ark. Some broken lignite. Graduates into sand at the base. 
9 
2 
0 
24 
2 
Sand. 
10 
2 
0 
26 
2 
Clay. — T ough. Light lead-colour. Contains lenticular patches of sand. 
11 
8 
26 
10 
and, at the base, much fragmentary lignite. 
Sand. — S ometimes ferruginous ; in some cases cemented into a coarse grit or 
12 
2 
6 
29 
4 
very fine conglomerate. 
Clay.— L ight lead-colour in the upper part, darker towards the base. Con- 
13 
1 
0 
30 
4 
tains fragments of lignite. 
Lignite.— Woody, loose, very brittle. The bed iU-defined, graduating into 
14 
2 
9 
33 
1 
clay at each surface. 
Clay. — S andy and brittle. Contains a few fragments of lignite near the 
15 
7 
33 
8 
base. The uppermost and lowest parts of the bed are dark, the middle 
lighter, in colour. 
Lignite. — Woody, loose, and brittle. 
16 
4 
0 
37 
8 
Clay. — E ather light in colour towards the top. Contains two bands of 
17 
1 
5 
39 
1 
almost continuous broken lignite, one twelve, the other thirty inches above 
the base, the uppermost being the least persistent. The clay is not lami- 
nated ; it breaks into irregular-shaped fragments, generally quite angular 
and with plane faces. 
Lignite. — The lowest part of this bed abounds, in some places, with dicoty- 
18 
2 
9 
41 
10 
ledonous leaves ; where they do not occur, the lignite is very woody. 
Clay. — Not laminated. Light in colour. Contains fragments of lignite. 
