1024 
Beds. 
Thickness. 
ME. 
Totals. 
PEN&ELLT ON THE LIGNITES AND 
49 
ft. 
in. 
10 
ft. 
100 
in. 
2 
Clay. — E ather light lead-colour. Somewhat tough. Contains pieces of 
50 
1 
0 
101 
2 
lignite smaller than usual. 
Lighite. — C ompact. Yery tough. Yields large slabs of “ Board Coal” *. 
51 
9 
101 
11 
Ceat. — Y ery dark. Contains a few pieces of lignite. 
52 
3 
102 
2 
Lignite. — L oose and soft. 
53 
7 
102 
9 
Clay. — B rown. Pieces of lignite abundant in the upper part, less so towards 
54 
2 
3 
105 
0 
the base. 
Lignite. — C ompact, tough, woody. Yields large slabs of “Board Coal” 
55 
10 
105 
10 
having a mottled appearance. Contains a few seeds. 
Clay. — Y ery dark blue. Of resinous aspect. Contained a piece of lignite 
56 
3 
2 
109 
0 
six feet long and two inches broad ; smaller fragments rather numerous. 
Lignite. — ^Y ery woody. Prequently has a “ charred” appearance. 
57 
5 
109 
5 
Clay. — B lue. Brittle. 
58 
1 
8 
111 
1 
Lignite. — W oody, “charred” and mottled. Contains a few seeds; none 
59 
4 
111 
5 
occur where the lignite appears “ charred.” 
Clay. — S ome parts blue, others dark drab. 
60 
1 
8 
113 
1 
Lignete. — W oody, hard, brittle. Has a fracture resembling that of ordinary 
61 
4 
113 
5 
coal. Contains seeds. 
Clay. — B lue and dark drab. 
62 
2 
4 
115 
9 
Lignite. — T his bed consists of two bands : the upper, nine inches thick. 
63 
6 
116 
3 
breaks into irregularly shaped “ glassy” pieces ; the lower is very hard, 
light-brown, less heavy than the lignite usually is, brittle, woody, and has 
a fracture resembling that of ordinary coal. This band contains seeds, 
none of which appear in the upper. The bands graduate into one another 
through a thin layer of “ charred” lignite. 
Clay. — L ight lead-colour. Contains seeds, probably more than one species. 
64 
1 
3 
117 
6 
One stem of Sequoia Couttsim was found here. 
Lignite. — Y ery hard and compact ; not quite so tough as some of the beds 
65 
3 
117 
9 
above it, but by no means brittle ; possesses traces of the “ charred” 
character. 
Clay. — L ead-colour. Eesinous in aspect. Contains numerous pieces of 
66 
1 
4 
119 
1 
lignite. 
Lignite. — I n all respects like the 64th bed. 
67 
2 
119 
3 
Clay. — E esinous appearance. 
68 
1 
4 
120 
7 
Lignite. — I n aU respects like the 64th and 66th beds. 
69 
2 
120 
9 
Clay. — Y ery brittle, laminated, and resinous in aspect. . ! 
70 
3 
121 
0 
Lignite. 
71 
1 
121 
1 
Clay. 
72 
4 
0 
125 
1 
Lignite. — T ermed by the workmen the “ Last Bed”t. 
In order to ascertain whether the succession and characters of the beds are the same 
in other parts of the pit, two other sections were made, also in the southern wall, one 
about 460, and the other 680 feet eastward from the first. The results are given 
below. 
* So named from having an appearance resembling “ deal boards.” 
t This section is exhibited in Plate LIII. 
