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Grosoeil, near Nice. — At a spot called Grosoeil, near Nice, 
east of the Bay of Villefranche, in the peninsula of St. Hospice, 
a remarkable bed of fine sand occurs at an elevation of about 
50 feet above the sea *. This sand rests on inclined secondary 
rocks, and is filled with the remains of marine species all iden- 
tical with those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea. No 
less than 200 species of shells, and several Crustacea and echini, 
have been obtained by M. Risso, in a high state of preserva- 
tion, although mingled with broken shells. The winds have 
blown up large heaps of similar sand to considerable heights, 
upon ledges of the steep coast farther westward, but the position 
of the deposit at Grosoeil cannot be referred to such agency, 
for among the shells may be seen the large Murex Triton, 
Linn., and a species of Cassis, weighing a pound and a half. 
Uddevalla. — The ancient beaches of the Norwegian and 
Swedish coasts, described in the first volume j, in which the 
shells are of living species, present more marked exceptions as 
being farther removed from any line of recent convulsion. 
They afford evidence of a rise of 200 feet or more of parts 
of those coasts during the newer Pliocene, if not the Recent 
epoch. 
West of England. — The proofs lately brought to light of ana- 
logous elevations on our western shores, in Caernarvonshire and 
Lancashire, during some modern tertiary period, were before 
pointed out £ ; but the data are as yet exceedingly incomplete. 
Western Borders of the Red Sea. — Another exception may 
be alluded to, for which we are indebted to the researches of 
Mr. James Burton. On the western shores of the Arabian 
gulf, about half way between Suez and Kosire, in the 28th 
degree of North latitude, a formation of white limestone and 
calcareous sand is seen, reaching the height of 200 feet above 
the sea. It is replete with fossil shells, all of recent species, 
which are in a beautiful state of preservation, many of them 
retaining their colour. I have been favoured with a list of 
* I examined this locality in company with Mr. Murchison in 1828. 
f Chap. xiii. % See description of the map, vol. ii. 
