334 
Depth (feet). 
1-5 
5-29 
29-31 
31-37 
37-46 
46-99 
99-104 
104-109 
109 - 110 
110 - 113 
113-117 
117-123 
123-157 .. 
157-198 .. 
198-200 .. 
Details op Bores Nos. 1 to 11, etc.— continued. 
BORE No. 2. 
Nature of Rock. 
Details and Fossil Contents. 
A fine, dark-brown, 
loamy sand 
A pale soapy or steatitic 
clay 
A white quartz sand 
Quartz sand 
Fine and coarse white 
quartz sand 
Quartz sand coarser than 
the preceding 
Quartz sand with mica 
flakes 
Quartz sand, rather fine 
Pebbles of milky quartz 
and (?) lydite 
Gritty ironstone with oc¬ 
casional flakes of mica 
A pinkish, incoherent 
sandstone, with a small 
amount of clay 
A fine, brown, sandy 
clay 
Pink sand (incoherent), 
with some clay and 
mica hakes 
A dark-green glauconitic 
clay with foraminifera 
A glauconitic sandy de¬ 
posit with shells; form¬ 
ing a veritable shell- 
bank 
Residue, after elutriation, a fine angular quartz 
sand, with a few larger, well-rounded particles ; 
numerous vegetable fibres. 
Residue gives a fine, sub-angular quartz sand. 
Grains sub-angular. No wind-worn particles 
noticed. Some minute grains of ferruginous- 
stained sand present . 
Sub-angular and rounded grains, slightly more 
iron-stained than the preceding. 
Finer portion angular ; coarse, sub-angular to 
rounded. 
Sub-angular to rounded grains. Chalcedony of a 
bluish colour present. 
Finer sand grains coated with iimonitic clay. 
Sub-angular to rounded grains. 
Pebbles measuring from 5 to 17 mm. in their 
longest diameter. 
Showing banding and concretionary structure. 
Washings yield a fine angular quartz sand. 
Chiefly fine quartz sand. Residuum with frag¬ 
ments of echinoid spines, sponge spicules indet. 
and a few small foraminiferal tests. The latter 
comprise Polymorphina lactea, W. and J. sp. ; 
Pullenia quinqueloba, Rss. ; Truncatulina re- 
fulgens, Montf. sp. ; and Polystomella crispa f 
L. sp. 
Residue, a fine angular sand. 
Numerous tests of Polystomella crispa, L. sp. 
Also some good internal casts of the same shells 
in glauconite. Some fragments of echinoid 
spines present. 
Fossil contents— 
This fauna proves the horizon to be at the 
summit of the Janjukian and the base of the 
Xalimnan. 
Foraminifeba .—Biloculina irregularis , 
d’Orb. ; Miliolina vulgaris, d’Orb. sp. (several); 
Polymorphina regina, B. P. and J. ; Truncatu¬ 
lina ungeriana, d’Orb. sp. ; Rotalia clathrata, 
Brady ; R. beccarii, L. sp. ; R. papillosa, var. 
compressiuscula, Brady ; Polystomella crispa , 
L. sp. (common). 
Anthozoa .—Bathyactis beaumariensis, Den- 
nant. 
Pelecypoda. — Leda apiculata, Tate ; Li- 
mopsis beaumariensis, Chapm. ; Lissarca 
rubricata, Tate sp. ; Glycimeris convexus, Tate 
sp. ; G. halli, Pritchard ; Margaritifera crassi- 
cardia, Tate sp. ; Trigonia margaritacea, var. 
acuticostata, McCoy; Crassatellites Icingico- 
loides, Pritch. 
Venus ( Chione) propinqua, T. W. sp. 
Scaphopoda.— Dentalium mantelli , Zittel. 
