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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

Plate XXXVII. Coast of Dorsetshire from Flower harrow to St. Adhelm's Head, f

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This view was drawn from the sea, looking to the east. In the left hand corner under

A, is Arisli mell and three detached rocks given in the last plate. Under B, onthe top of the cliff, is the encampment called Flower barrow ; and below it is Worthbarrow bay, the east side of which is screened by the highly inclined low cliffs offerruginous sand and clay under C, and the Purbeck and Portland strata under D.Behind this, and under E, is Gad cliff, where the Purbeck strata rise higher andform a capping to the hill. Under F, is the valley of Kimmcridge and its low darkcliffs. Under G, is the cliff called the Battery , on the other side of which is the valleyof Encombe. Between G and II lies Chapman’s pool. Under II and L, is St.Adhelm’s head, the upper part of it is capped by the Portland stratum. See page 186.

No. 2. Worth barroiv Bay, looking east. T. W. del.

This is a nearer view of part of Worth barrow bay. The cliffs of highly inclinedstrata, under A, are the same as are seen under C in the last plate. Gad cliff, under

B, here rises in a very bold manner, and under it is a small and almost insular massof the Purbeck strata resting on the Oolite which screens the east side of Worth-barrow bay. In the distance, to. the left, is St. Adhelm’s head. The distant hill,under A, is part of those above Kimmeridgc. See page 187.

No. 3. View from St. Adhelm's looking west. T. W. del.

The chalk cliff to the left, under A, is the Swine’s back between Worth barrow bayand Lulworlh Cove. The dark low rock, under B, is the eastern boundary of Worth-barrow bay. The cliff, with the curved capping, under C, is Gad cliff; the chalkcliff, the top only of which is seen beyond, is Flower barrow. The low dark cliffsbetween D and E, are the Kimmeridge strata, Kimmeridgc bay being between twoprojecting points under Gad cliff; F is the high cliff called the battery, behindwhich, at G, is the valley of Encombe. Under G, is the same cliff, forming a part ofSt. Adhelm’s head, as described under h, No. I. See page 188.

Plate XXXV11I. West Lulworlh and Cove. T. W. del. 1 ^' lT

This view was chosen to shew the relative situation of the cove and the villagewhich is placed in one of the interruptions of the chalk range that extends fromIlandfast point through Corfe castle to this coast. The hill seen just above thevillage is the end of the long hill called Swine’s back, and which is half cut into bythe cove, to which it presents a lofty precipitous chalk cliff which is not seen in this