PLATE I. Fig. 1. This is a slice from a lump of “conglomerate” found on the beach at Sidmouth. The _white_ parts are sections of the nodules of quartz, the _red_ and _yellow_ are jasper. Fig. 2. A section of an “Alcyonite” from the bay of Sandown. It formed part of a large pebble. PLATE II. Fig. 1. This is, I have no doubt, a fossil “Actinia.” I have often looked on the exact living resemblance of it at the fish-house in the “Zoological Gardens,” where it is fond of clinging like a limpet against the vertical pane of glass in an aquarium.—(_Found in Sandown Bay._) Fig. 2. I suppose this half of a pebble to represent the internal structure of some creature which dwelt in a bivalve shell.—(_Sandown Bay._) PLATE III. Fig. 1. This sponge, a faultless specimen of the kind, is from the Brighton beach. It was the first pebble I ever picked up there. Fig. 2. The body and arms of this Choanite are in white Agate; the remainder of the stone is a dark moss, formed chiefly of _Manganese_, and surrounded by a yellow flinty rim.—(_Brighton Beach._) PLATE IV. Fig. 1. A Nondescript: but, probably, the creature was of the vermicular kind.—(_Brighton Beach._) Fig. 2. A handsome Choanite, uncut, but polished over, so as to show the points of some of the feelers.—(_Found at Eastbourne._) PLATE V. Fig. 1. An “Eyed” Jasper, from the beach near Shoreham. It contains yellow “oxide of iron,” and some dark green flint. Fig. 2. A “Myriapod.” This fossil is a very handsome one, and I have another, closely resembling it, from the same locality, in Sandown Bay. The dark, reddish spot, is of the nature of _Molluskite_. PLATE VI. Fig. 1. A Spindle, or _Fusiform_ Choanite, when the pebble was entire. I do not possess a more perfect specimen: the Chalcedony is remarkably fine, and the “oxide” of a rich tint.—(_Sandown Bay._) Fig. 2. Pyriform Choanite, uncut. Here, again, the creature lies over the surface; and, as I conceive, from the position which it occupies, was swimming for its life.—(_Found at Rottingdean._) PLATE VII. Fig. 1. An “Asterid.” This is different from all the other creatures in these fossils. Its position in the heart of a solid limestone pebble is singular.—(_Beach at Hove._) Fig. 2.—“Terebratula.” The entire pebble was formed inside of a “Pecten”-shell, and _inside the pebble_ lies this formation, which was a living organism connected with the hinge.—(_Beach near Luccombe._) EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN TERMS used in this Volume. “Hard:” that which will cut or scratch other substances. _Example._—A diamond will cut glass. “Tough:” tenacious; whose particles are difficult to separate from one another. _Example._—Jasper, though not nearly so _hard_, is more “tenacious” than diamond. “Transparent:” through which we can see objects. “Translucent:” through which we see light. “Opaque:” through which we can see nothing.