GEOLOGY OF ENGLAND.

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Dorsetshire to near Scarborough . The line passeson the western side of Wiltshire, Oxfordshire ,and through Northamptonshire, Leicester-shire, Nottinghamshire , and the east riding ofYorkshire . The country east of this line maybe considered as formin'; the low district cfEngland, coloured yellow in the map. Thecountry on the west, between this line andthe alpine district, may be denominated themiddle district. These have marked geolo-gical characters, which we shall attempt todelineate, commencing from the coast of thelow district.

In the geological examination of a district,see plate I. fig. 1, we may commence fromthe loftiest part, where the lowest rocks risethrough the surface, as at a, and from thencewe may descend over the rocks 2, 3, 4, 3, 6,describing them in succession; or we maycommence from the sea shore, and observethe rocks 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, as they rise irom undereach other, to the surface, which they willdo in some part of their course, if not dislo-cated by faults.

The low district is particularly distinguisheds by