Chapter I: Preface

Knowledge cannot be divided into compartments, each given a definite name and allotted to a different student. There are, and always must be, branches of knowledge in which several sciences meet or have an interest, and these are somewhat liable to be neglected. If the following pages arouse an interest in one of the by-ways of science their purpose has been fulfilled.

C. R.

_February 17, 1913._

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

Preface v

I. Introductory 1

II. The Thames Valley 11

III. The East Coast 19

IV. The Dogger Bank 39

V. The Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel 50

VI. The English Channel 64

VII. Cornwall and the Atlantic Coast 80

VIII. Summary 105

Bibliography 122

Index 125

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIG. PAGE

Buried Forest seen at low-water at Dove Point,
on the Cheshire coast. (From the _Cambridge
County Geography of Cheshire_) _frontispiece_

1. Diagram to show the relations of the Submerged
Forests to the sea-level 7

2. Section at Tilbury Docks 14

3. Section across the Humber between Hessle and
Barton 36

4. Approximate Coast-line at the period of the
lowest Submerged Forest 40