Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight And Along the Adjacent Coast of D
Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight And Along the Adjacent Coast of D
Gideon Algernon Mantell
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When sufficiently near, I made the vessel lay to, that I might examine the stratification by a telescope ; and I was surprised and delighted to 348 GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF PURBECK. «so ' find the south end composed of strata of chalk and flint quite vertical. "* Swanage Bay. — We land at the little town of Swanwich, or Swanage, where excellent ac- commodation may be obtained, and vehicles and boats hired for excursions by land or water. The exportation of stone is still so considerable as to giv...e the place an aspect of cheerful activity. The cliffs that extend across Swanage Bay, expose a trans- verse vertical section of the strata from north to south, and afford a key to the geological structure of the Island ; as shown in lign. 28. In this line of coast, the entire scries of deposits from the Chalk at Ballard Downs, to the Portland oolite at Durl- stone Head, is displayed in the natural order of succes- sion. This section will remind li B
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