. The American journal of science and arts. nd on the road-side from Wannock stream to Eastbourn;at Newtiraber it appears under the grey marl. 4. Shanklin Sand, so called from Shanklin Chine, in the Isle ofWight, where it is beautifully exhibited. This sand forms hills, thatrival the Downs in altitude in the west of Sussex ; near Lewes it oc- ** A provincial term, used in Cambridgeshire. 164 JVLiscellanies. curs but obscurely. Ditchling stands on a hillock of it; NorlingtonGreen, near Ringmer, is another locality. The organic remains found in the above strata are entirely marine. Hastings Sand
. The American journal of science and arts. nd on the road-side from Wannock stream to Eastbourn;at Newtiraber it appears under the grey marl. 4. Shanklin Sand, so called from Shanklin Chine, in the Isle ofWight, where it is beautifully exhibited. This sand forms hills, thatrival the Downs in altitude in the west of Sussex ; near Lewes it oc- ** A provincial term, used in Cambridgeshire. 164 JVLiscellanies. curs but obscurely. Ditchling stands on a hillock of it; NorlingtonGreen, near Ringmer, is another locality. The organic remains found in the above strata are entirely marine. Hastings Sands and Clays.—These strata, with but very few ex-ceptions, contain fresh water fossils only ; hence they are naturallyseparated from the above, and constitute a well marked, distinct for-mation. They are subdivided into, 1. Weald Clay, in whcih the Sussex limestone or marble is occurs at Laughton. 2. Strata of Tilgate Forest, well displayed in the cliffs near Hast-ings. 3. Clays and limestones of Ashburnham. PLAN OF THE Case I.—Contains minerals, recent shells and corals, from variousparts of England, and other countries. Some fine specimens of Sul-phate of Barytes from Nutfield, in Surrey; Tourmalines ; NativeGold and Silver; polished Sections of Ammonites; CrystallizedSandstone of Fontainbleau, fee. Case II.—The fossils of the strata of Tilgate Forest, and the othersubdivisions of the Hastings formation. These consist of many hundred specimens of the bones, he. ofreptiles, turtles, fishes, and birds; of the stems of enormous vegeta-bles, allied to the Dragon-blood plant, and Euphorbia ; Ferns of ex-tinct species and genera, &;c.; the whole presenting the charactersof a Fauna and jP/om of an unknown tropical region. The intelli- Miscellanies. 165 gent observer will at once perceive, that such an assemblage can beexplained only by supposing the strata to have been formed in the bedof a river or estuary. Imagine a river flowing through a country in-habit
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