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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. .April 9,
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Lee Ness.
Lovers' Seat.
Covers.
Eaglesboume. •
East Cliff.
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Hastings.
stone throughout; in some places the
ironstone dies out and leaves the shale as
the sole representative of the stratum ;
in others the shale passes into iron, the
band becoming ferruginous in its entire
thickness.
The strata .n, ^^, of the sectional sketch)
underlying the shale and ironstone are
conformable to them, and occur in the
same irregular undulating lines : they
are also continuous, and at present more
or less visible, through the entire section,
with the exception of the neighbourhood
of Lee Ness. They may be studied also
with advantage on the beach under East
Cliff, particularly on the east of Eagles-
bourne, where they occur in the following
descending order : —
1st. A band of sandstone ; about
4 feet thick.
2nd. Slate-coloured compact clay ;
7 feet thick.
3rd. Light-coloured clay ; 4 feet
thick.
4th. Dark clay ; thickness unknown.
At Cliff End these beds have been so
far removed from their original position
(and, as it were, are so thrown over on
their sides), that the present surface of
the shore is formed of their edges, or by
a section transverse to the plane of stra-
tification.
At a distance of nearly 2000 yards to
the east of the Lovers' Seat, several hun-
dred square yards of the upper surface
of the sandstone or superior member of
this subgroup are exposed, and form the
promontory or projection known as Lee
Ness Point, the preservation of which
may be attributed to the greater hardness
and durability, as well as the peculiar po-
sition, of the upper members of this sub-
group. On the east of Lee Ness these
strata increase considerably in thickness ;
the clays below the sandstone (which is
here about 9 feet thick) being intersected
by arenaceous deposits, and the band of
sandstone separated from the shale and
ironstone above by layers of clay, which