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July 11 Thursday.
Fort Cims Roads, Virginia
One quarter mile east of the Cornus is a fossiliferous exposure of Hamilton having Chorictes cornutus,
C. ocellula but with sharper striƦ, C. angustatus common, S. medialis one on each hinge and ethmoid lit. mucronatus), S. granulatus (rare), Tropidolepis casinatus (common). Michelinia lenticulare (for form common). Fontacalite (small, common).
This locality continues for another 1/8 mile and takes one into the centre of the so-called Jennings formation as mapped by Spencer. All is unmistakably Hamilton.
Then walked over to Seven Fountains and in the following three hours made these observations:
All of Spencers Seven Fountains Lewistown bottom of 93 feet falls into my Menlinus as seen about Corn- Ireland. In the middle comes in a cherty Above this section a conglomerate of about 1 foot that now breaks out as cherty lites.. This is Spencers Country and is to be included in the (? Drift). Then across the strike for from 100's to 100's occurs a soft olive colored somewhat sandy shale, having various dips. Once once measured but got mixed from the dip line about 30-40 degrees. In this shale some