CLAYS OF BOVEY TEACEY, DEVONSHIEE. 
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Beds. 
Thickness. 
Totals. 
19 
ft. 
2 
in. 
1 
ft. 
43 
in. 
11 
Ligntte. — C ontains mucli clay in almost continuous bands. 
20 
1 
2 
45 
1 
Clay. — L aminated. Brittle. Eich in fragments of lignite. 
21 
3 
4 
48 
5 
Ligiote. — H ard. Brittle. Broken. Contains a few seeds. 
22 
2 
0 
50 
5 
Clay. — D ark. Eather brittle. Coarsely laminated. 
23 
1 
0 
51 
5 
Lignite. — C ontains much clay. 
24 
1 
0 
52 
5 
Clay. — D ark. Brittle. Contains a few portions of lignite. 
25 
6 
2 
58 
7 
Lignite. — C ontains patches of dark clay. Seeds, flat in form, occur in the 
26 
2 
1 
60 
8 
uppermost portion. The base is commonly a mass of large leaf-hke forms 
and fronds of ferns ; the former are Dr. Ceokee’s “ flaheUiform leaves ” *. 
Clay. — L ight drah colour. Extremely rich in fossil stems, leaves, and fruits 
27 
11 
1 
71 
9 
of Seqtioia Couttsice, seeds of various kinds, and dicotyledonous leaves. 
An almost continuous band of broken lignite occurs at the base of the bed. 
Sand. — Q uartzose. Yery coarse in the uppermost part, but becomes gradu- 
28 
5 
9 
77 
6 
ally flner towards the base. Contains somewhat large lenticular patches 
of clay. Ferruginous stains and bands are common. 
Clay. — L ight colour. Near the top it is somewhat sandy. 
29 
3 
2 
80 
8 
Clay. — D ark. Contains a considerable number of fragments of lignite. 
30 
1 
0 
81 
8 
Lignite. — E ather brittle. Not very woody. Contains ferns. 
31 
8 
82 
4 
Clay. — V ery dark. Some broken lignite. 
32 
11 
83 
3 
Lignite. Yery woody, tough, and extremely hard. 
33 
2 
2 
85 
5 
Clay. — D ark lead-colour. Contains broken lignite. 
34 
10 
86 
3 
Lignite. — Y ery woody and rather tough. Contains seeds. 
35 
2 
2 
88 
5 
Clay. — -D ark lead-colour. Contains pieces of lignite l 3 dng at aU angles to 
36 
1 
88 
6 
the plane of the bed. 
Lignite. 
37 
1 
11 
90 
5 
Clay. — V ery dark lead-colour. Yery brittle. Eich in pieces of lignite ; the 
38 
4 
90 
9 
thickness of the bed somewhat variable. 
Lignite. — W oody, and rather tough. 
39 
10 
91 
7 
Clay. — E eadily falls into fragments, which generally have plane, but some- 
40 
1 
0 
92 
7 
times curved surfaces. Contains pieces of lignite. 
Lignite. — T his bed is very uniform in thickness, and well-defined at each 
41 
1 
6 
94 
1 
surface. Yery compact and rather tough. Contains a few seeds. One 
specimen of Sequoia CoiMsice was found here. 
Clay. — D ark. So brittle as to fall in pieces at the least touch. Contains 
42 
9 
94 
10 
pieces of lignite. 
Lignite. — E xtremely brittle. The hed is somewhat irregular in thickness 
43 
9 
95 
7 
and obscure in definition. 
Clay. — L ead-colour. 
44 
6 
96 
1 
Lignite. — I rregular in thickness. Occasionally intersected by veins of clay. 
45 
7 
96 
8 
commonly at right angles to the plane of the bed. 
Clay. — D ark. Fragments of lignite very abundant. 
46 
9 
97 
5 
Lignite. — Y ery compact and tough. Abounds in seeds. 
47 
1 
4 
98 
9 
Clay. — D ull lead-colour in the upper part, changing into a darker hue 
48 
7 
99 
4 
towards the base ; the upper band is tougher than the lower ; the latter 
contaius many pieces of lignite. 
Lignite. — Compact. Contains seeds, and a few young circinate fem-fronds. 
* Quart. Joum. Oeol. Soc. vol. xii. p. 354. 
