Field Notebook: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Ontario 1916, 1917, 1920
Page 105
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"August 12-1920 Thursday. Started off with Prof. Raymond in his car in Managansett Bay; from Boston we went to Dedham, Norwood, Walpole. Then we saw the basal part of the Cant. series, the Pondville Cryl. Rather a much squeezed cryl. Got one drawn out and indented pettite. Then on to Greentham, Plainville and North Attleboro. On near the granite we saw the Lower Cambrian red shale with li, all much squeezed and crumpled. Saw no jmis over there; 23 speci are regarded for here. Then into Pawtucket. Smith's Particulars we saw the lower red transmittal crygmite and Providence where we had lunch. ^ Then to Warren and Bristol were we boarded a Ferry to the North Portsmouth coal mine. A pettite pit here and tremendous culm pits. The coal has are been sheered and compressed and in one place a graphite the an anthra- cite. The shale is also much mudd but hardly enough to make it a slate. Ferns are scarce and most are of no value. I saw