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Aug. 19 Took the Main street car in Buffalo
for the "city line" and then another
trolley car to Williamsville. A short
distance beyond the car line in
Lauty and Jumps quarry Cornifrons
corals abound. Fossitil in certain
layers quite abundant and preserved
as casts. I did not take more than
a few study specimens, in the lowest
layers of these quarries there are thin
shaly layers with an abundance of coral
but unfortunately all have suffered from
pressure and are much flattened. I
gathered all the good specimens even
in the limited exposure.
Returning to Buffalo found I could
catch a train for Le Roy at 6.05 P.M.
when I arrived at 8.10 P.M. with the
Williamsville corals.
Aug. 20. Started east 2 1/2 miles beyond Le Roy
for the Howell quarries. These quarries
are all surface dipsage and fresh are