Notes on the Fenland; with A Description of the Shippea ManFront matterReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNotes on the FenlandGeography of the Fenland.Subsidence of the Valley of the Cam.Turbiferous and Areniferous Series.Absence of Elephant and Rhinoceros in Turbiferous Series.Absence of Peat in Areniferous Series.Fen Beds not all Peat.Sections in Alluvium.Peat; Trees and other Plants; Tarn Peat and Hill Peat; Bog-oak and Bog-iron.Marl.The Wash.Littleport District.Buttery Clay.The Age of the Fen Beds.Palaeontology of Fens.Birds.Man.Description of the Shippea Man by Prof. A. Macalister.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Notes on the FenlandAll chapters and sections (19)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNotes on the FenlandGeography of the Fenland.Subsidence of the Valley of the Cam.Turbiferous and Areniferous Series.Absence of Elephant and Rhinoceros in Turbiferous Series.Absence of Peat in Areniferous Series.Fen Beds not all Peat.Sections in Alluvium.Peat; Trees and other Plants; Tarn Peat and Hill Peat; Bog-oak and Bog-iron.Marl.The Wash.Littleport District.Buttery Clay.The Age of the Fen Beds.Palaeontology of Fens.Birds.Man.Description of the Shippea Man by Prof. A. Macalister.coverpageNotes on the Fenland →