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ME. PENGELLT ON THE LIGNITES AND 
Section 3, of the Bovey Deposit, in the south wall of the “ Coal-pit” feet eastward from 
Section 1, and feet from Section 2. Dip 12^° towards S. 35° W. {magn.). 
Beds. 
1 
Thickness, 
ft. in. 
10 9 
Totals, 
ft. in. 
10 9 
Sandy Clay. — "Witli angular and subangular stones, 
2 
1 
0 
11 
9 
Clay. 
3 
12 
6 
24 
3 
, Sand. 
4 
2 
0 
26 
3 
Clay. 
5 
6 
26 
9 
Lignite. 
6 
1 
0 
27 
9 
Clay. 
7 
1 
9 
29 
6 
Lignite. 
•Do not occur in this section. 
11 
12 
1 
8 
31 
2 
Clay, 
13 
10 
32 
0 
Lignite. 
14 
2 
4 
34 
4 
Clay. 
15 
1 
4 
35 
8 
Lignite. 
- 
16 
3 
0 
38 
8 
Clay. 
17 
2 
0 
40 
8 
Lignite. 
18 
2 
0 
42 
8 
Clay. 
19 
2 
0 
44 
8 
Lignite. 
20 
6 
45 
2 
Clay, 
21 
3 
1 
48 
3 
Lignite. 
22 
1 
0 
49 
3 
Clay. 
23 
11 
50 
2 
Lignite. 
24 
6 
50 
8 
Clay. 
25 
5 
3 
55 
11 
Lignite. 
26 
3 
2 
59 
1 
Clay. 
27 
10 
59 
11 
Sand. 
28 
7 
60 
6 
Clay. 
29 
3 
2 
63 
8 
Clay. 
On comparison, it will be found that the 9th, 10th, and 11th beds of Section 1 — the 
first and last being sand and the second clay — do not occur in either of the other two 
sections, and that in Section 3 another clay-bed is also missing. This last is supposed 
to he the 8th, but it would probably be difficult to determine between it and the 12th. 
It is possible, moreover, that the bed numbered 12 in the third may represent both the 
8th and 12th of the two other sections. The same numbering has been retained in all 
the sections to facilitate comparison. 
The total thickness of the missing beds amounts to no more than about 5 feet ; the 
fact, however, that they are not present may be significant. It amounts to this : by 
remo\ing 460 feet further into the ancient Bovey lake (for such I assume the area to 
have been) — 460 feet further from its ancient shore, that shore being the granitic region 
of Dartmoor, — we leave behind two thin beds of sand, which do not reappear when we 
advance 220 feet further in the same direction. 
