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After the rain in the afternoon walked south
of Lanes. We saw but little limestone of the
Keenandock, the lown hills with bands of that
weathering into a deep red clay. At about 1 1/2 miles
south or came into calcauries sandstones also
with that bands evidently the Artictam sand-
stone, Here then the transition seems to be com-
bated from the Centietam to the Keenandock.
I saw not a trace of a fossil.
July 10 Wednesday. Fort Cross Roads.
Eastern Brook
Left Lanes at 7.30 and went east down over the
Keenandock. The surface with many small hills,
A little further down the slope to the river encoun-
tered an extensive shale zone in the Keenandock.
Arriving at the river it is plain that the stream
has cut down its entrenched valley very recently for
after rising towards Massanutton and looking well
one sees that the topography on both sides of
the stream is young.
Soon are encounter the Chantinsby shale
with the entire surface covered with rounded boulders
of a quartzite = Massanutton. There were also