On the Red Chalk of England

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The Geologists' Association.
THE REV. THOS. WILTSHIRE, M.A. F.G.S. PRESIDENT OF THE GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
A PAPER READ AT
THE GENERAL MEETING,
4TH APRIL, 1859.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE ASSOCIATION, AND PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF THE GEOLOGIST, 154, STRAND. 1859.
Fig.

Persons in general take as the type or representative of chalk the material which mechanics employ for tracing out rough lines and figures. It is a substance of a bright white colour, somewhat yielding to the touch, and capable of being very easily abraded or rubbed down.