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Dolforlle Sunday July 23.
left London started out at 9 A.M
in a carriage to Cape Blomidon, 21
miles out. One has to make a wide detour
to the west to get over the various estuaries
which makes the distance to Blomidon or
far. The range of hills to the south of Dolf-
ville is called South Mt. while that repre-
sented by Blomidon is called North Mt. The
latter has an attitude above low tide of 70 feet.
and is composed of red clays and trap of Triassic
age. All in Triassic from near the Dolforlle
meadows to far beyond Blomidon run into
Ors Brunswick. It seems to lie in a syncline.
At Blomidon in the trap are found givels
lined with amygdala, These are formed in the
amygdulose. In the red clays are rarely
then seams of gypsum.
The red flood of the tides is largely due to
the soft red Triassic clays. This a sandy
mud- structure without trace of organic remains. The