. Essay on the theory of the earth . A kind of bituminouswood is sometimes found in it. This formation is con-jectured to correspond to the French plastic clay, whichlies over the chalk. 8. Chalk zuith formation is not known in Scotland, but in Eng-land extends from Flamborough Head, in Yorkshire, toa little beyond Lyme Regis to Devonshire; and whereit is not covered with the newer floetz rocks, forms thechalk-hills or downs. It is distinguished by the regularlayers of flint nodules. 9. Chalk without Fli? inferior stratum of chalk in the southeast part ofEngland is always wi
. Essay on the theory of the earth . A kind of bituminouswood is sometimes found in it. This formation is con-jectured to correspond to the French plastic clay, whichlies over the chalk. 8. Chalk zuith formation is not known in Scotland, but in Eng-land extends from Flamborough Head, in Yorkshire, toa little beyond Lyme Regis to Devonshire; and whereit is not covered with the newer floetz rocks, forms thechalk-hills or downs. It is distinguished by the regularlayers of flint nodules. 9. Chalk without Fli? inferior stratum of chalk in the southeast part ofEngland is always without flints ; when the chalk withflints is wanting, it forms the surface. The relations ofboth may be seen at the Culver, and Compton Bay, inthe Isle of Wight, Handfast Point, Beachy-head, Guil-ford, Dorking, &c. It differs from the former princi-pally in the absence of flints, in the beds being thicker,and the chalk being sometimes a little harder. 10. Chalk stratum consists of chalk and an intimate mixture PLATE Fossil HUMAN SKELETON, found at Guadaloupe. \T3SM.
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