Round-Up | 1897-03-05 | Page 2 | An Island of Ohalk

an ali inland ot ol chalk 11 the english island of thanet forming a part of the county of kent Is almost wholly composed of chalk the island Is 10 miles in length and about five in breadth and has more chall chalk exposed on its surface than any other spot of equal area on the globe british geologists say that there are not less than tons of chalk in sight on thanet Th allet anti and that it would take men and horses arid and carts cartr 20 years year sto to move it pro provided it were dug up ready to be carted away