Field Notebook: Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario
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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