Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (14076823654).jpg IN THE SUBMERGED FOREST OF TORBAT <br> 17 <br> another find recentl ' made by the <br> writer's son on the tidal strand of <br> Goodrington Bay fig 1 <br> This inlet has much the same <br> general character as that which <br> has already been described and <br> consists of wide and gently sloping <br> sands crowned with a prominent <br> ridge of beach behind which the <br> ground is low flat and marshy <br> having been reclaimed from <br> swampy conditions only in recent <br> years <br> Fig 3 exhibits a section of the <br> tidal strand taken through the <br> spot where the find in question <br> was made and it will be observed <br> that the forest-clay is here no- <br> where visible At the bottom is a <br> bed E consisting entirely of pro- <br> strate trees and vegetable debris ; <br> above that is another A com- <br> posed of the stems of the water- <br> bistort Polygonum amphihium <br> standing as they grew ; next a <br> stratum of silt and vegetable mat- <br> ter D ; then a thin layer of red <br> clay P and lastly a bed of much- <br> abraded reedy debris C upon <br> which the beach B appears to <br> rest The thickness of the lowest <br> bed is unknown while that of the <br> others is altogether about eight <br> feet Borings made by the Great <br> Western Eailway Company have <br> shown that there are at least <br> seventy and it may be many <br> more feet of vegetable debris in <br> the marsh immediately behind the <br> beach where it is crossed by the <br> line carried on a high embank- <br> ment <br> On November 18th 1883 the <br> writer's son disinterred from the <br> Polygonum-'hed A fig 3 two <br> large pewter vases one of which <br> is now on the table while the <br> other has been presented to the <br> Museum of the Torquay N atural <br> History Societ These vessels <br> Q J G S No 161 37046815 114009 51125 Page 17 Text 41 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/37046815 1885 Geological Society of London NameFound Polygonum NameConfirmed Polygonum EOLID 38335 NameBankID 2646993 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 41 1885 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 37046815 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/37046815 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-30 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/14076823654 2015-08-26 04 57 26 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1885 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |