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"Medina, N.Y. Fall 1843.
At Medina Falls on Orchard creek
"Best Medina exposures in the state"
About "110 fut", as same as at Rochester.
In my Cataract fols have 60 fut.
This is also the best place for an abundance
of fossils.
Whirlpool sandstone may be here. If or
it is tipped red. Is not once developed
East of Medina, Quenaris in the sandstone.
"Quenari'd a "little north out of village"
Grey Band 4 fut thick with some
Hoad pebbles. The abundance of marine
fossils occur "near the upper falls of the
grey man"* Picturites in Grey Band.
See Comra's quotation of 1837.
* This "grey mass" must refer to the white
concretions at the base of the section