TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 
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On the Submarine Forest , Leasowe. By John Cunningham, F.G.S. 
A section of the strata of the alluvium to the depth of 5G feet was exhibited in the 
Wowing descending order, viz.— 
Jj'irsl boring on the Marsh. 
Surface. 
Vi 
Sand. 
Pent in which the trunks of trees are imbedded. 
Stiff blue day in which the trees grew. 
ed clay intermixed with turf at top, below with blue veins and sand veins. 
Quicksand p 
enetrated to the deptli of 4 feet only. 
Wiori 
D it 8 feet under the surface level of the Marsh outside of the base of 
embankment. 
J clay mixed witl * M »e veins and sand. 
art. Clay W ' th 6a,1(l becJs from 2 to 3 i 
inches thick, and from 5 to 7 feet 
*<*» »iV niblCL 'd a bd'ief ^ a . nd 10013 °f large trees being found below low-water 
u.:,/., *'. orr nby J an ,} ,n a subsidence of the shore at Leasowe, the opposite 
lf ll>6nft nefln Ucl ion simih!T ry i° f t . 1 ' e Merst T has ,flkon P ,nce from deeply- 
1 . m .L^'doice of those n) 01 to vv , bnl 13 mow going on in the south of Sweden. 
‘ r - ; 'd 1" l ie rocks at Now ”£ t ! s rc, om‘d to be due to deeply-seated subterranean 
! ;hi Mil.i,!’.,!•* nli0 Hilbre Island IIO i’u' !! lf: " ’l 11 * 0 wa - v to l ' 10 S(llltb ol ' >h>' f 'pacc 
< ‘"me. i“ e <orest . all eoinno ofT I' bn? ,be la,,LM ' immediately adjacent 
' 'idi n,. ^? e uPsymnnthv L'.i lbe I,l 'w red sandstone, would have niani- 
1 in any „f \\ t ' ‘ , >e arof » «"dcr the depressing influence, but no 
''-d w hile, on tl, G r *’"'. v maintain the same elevation they 
bo rp j ee J within the InstVl sborc9 °djncont are known to have 
^ eri ' e( l to some other " 7 : Vear *' * 10 Cf ui*o this subsidence must 
kntitipK re Cp j 0 P erut, Mg agent or agents than to subterranean 
';>»ltoS°r- P f OVe tlicfr Ip!!! * u pc r iuttndencr, of the strata in the alluvium 
•iv" a very conlidernn” i ly 1 ° Wfttor * bein 8 composed of sand and 
55 ,n ^i S f V lUl0 *' of the tidal r U * dl ' pt '- 
- D»" Df tl| eii l ll ape for the Water a'n![ enU j 0 2 lbc p dges of the strata prepares s 
^ Oneui,! Js. and the hydraulic 5“"^ r,,m u, idemeath the clay during the 
‘>>0 P T!^ Urc “ f , ll \ e «utcr « >dgh« level • 
bed n e ' 8tC ' underneath the clay beds ; hence the s 
in 
sub- 
ll te-x,i - “eu ne ar j| ( * * u,c SU0, 
^lef le d6l? C S le 'Matter, ,‘e^uhe nb° grow > ,c, P rther with the cuper- 
i before rc d ,2;?n r ?l mS ^ ,,f ,1, '“ W;,U r lon ^ er than 
>84 f| °' v Water nderini »ed, and consem*^ 1,6 surface and descend conformably, 
sequently become submerged even under 
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